# Lithraea

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Genus of flowering plants

Lithraea Lithraea caustica Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Anacardiaceae Subfamily: Anacardioideae Genus: Lithraea Miers ex Hook. & Arn. Species Lithraea brasiliensis Lithraea caustica Lithraea molleoides Synonyms Lithrea Miers ex Hook. & Arn.[1]

***Lithraea*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of three species of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the [cashew](/source/Cashew) family, [Anacardiaceae](/source/Anacardiaceae). It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. They are [dioecious](/source/Dioecious) trees with poisonous sap that can induce [contact dermatitis](/source/Contact_dermatitis).[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GRIN_1-0)** ["*Lithraea* Miers ex Hook. & Arn"](https://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6902). *Germplasm Resources Information Network*. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-02-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Mitchell, John D. (1990). "The Poisonous Anacardiaceae Genera of the World". *Advances in Economic Botany*. **8**: 103–129. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [43927570](https://www.jstor.org/stable/43927570).

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Taxon identifiers Lithraea Wikidata: Q6648240 Wikispecies: Lithraea APDB: 192204 BOLD: 775124 CoL: 5FPV EPPO: 1LTJG FNA: 200422 GBIF: 7321578 GRIN: 6902 iNaturalist: 543472 IPNI: 1838-1 IRMNG: 1305221 NCBI: 289719 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1838-1 Tropicos: 40007859 WFO: wfo-4000021992

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