# Metopium

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image =Starr 031108-2123 Metopium toxiferum.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Metopium toxiferum](/source/Metopium_toxiferum)''
|taxon = Metopium
|authority= [P.Browne](/source/Patrick_Browne_(physician))<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](/source/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 plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the [sumac](/source/sumac) family, [Anacardiaceae](/source/Anacardiaceae).<ref name="GRIN"/> They are [dioecious](/source/dioecious) trees with poisonous sap that can induce [contact dermatitis](/source/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](/source/Metopium_brownei)'' <small>(Jacq.) Urb.</small> — black poisonwood
*''[Metopium gentlei](/source/Metopium_gentlei)'' {{Au|Lundell}}
*''[Metopium toxiferum](/source/Metopium_toxiferum)'' <small>(L.) Krug & Urb.</small> — Florida poisonwood
*''[Metopium venosum](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Anacardiaceae
Category:Anacardiaceae genera
Category:Dioecious plants

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