{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image =Starr 031108-2123 Metopium toxiferum.jpg |image_caption = ''Metopium toxiferum'' |taxon = Metopium |authority= P.Browne<ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7517 |title=Genus: ''Metopium'' P.Browne |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2009-11-23 |access-date=2010-09-24}}</ref> |type_species = ''Metopium brownei'' |type_species_authority =(Jacq.) Urb.<!--1908--><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031409 |title=''Metopium'' P. Browne |work=TROPICOS |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |access-date=2010-09-24}}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text }}

'''''Metopium''''' or '''poisonwood''' is a genus of flowering plants in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae.<ref name="GRIN"/> They are dioecious trees with poisonous sap that can induce contact dermatitis.<ref>{{cite journal|jstor= 43927570|last1= Mitchell|first1= John D.|title= The Poisonous Anacardiaceae Genera of the World|journal= Advances in Economic Botany|year= 1990|volume= 8|pages= 103–129}}</ref>

==Taxonomy==

===Species===

{{As of|2021|August}}, ''Plants of the World online'' has 4 accepted species:<ref>{{citation |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30086862-2 |title=Kew Science Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref>

*''Metopium brownei'' <small>(Jacq.) Urb.</small> — black poisonwood *''Metopium gentlei'' {{Au|Lundell}} *''Metopium toxiferum'' <small>(L.) Krug & Urb.</small> — Florida poisonwood *''Metopium venosum'' <small>(Griseb.) Engl.</small> — Cuban poisonwood<ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7517 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Metopium'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=2010-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://greenarborists.com/poisonwood-trees/ | title=Poisonwood Trees - Evergreen Arborist Consultants &#124; Certified Tree Arborist | date=25 April 2016 }}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Metopium|''Metopium''}}

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Category:Anacardiaceae Category:Anacardiaceae genera Category:Dioecious plants

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