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Apocynaceae has 12 toxic ornamental species.
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Title
Toxic ornamental plants in Venezuela
Carlos Varela Romero; Guillermo Vizcarrondo; Mahinda Martínez DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2017
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Seventy-eight toxic ornamental plant species were found in Venezuela.
- Observation Apocynaceae, Araceae, Euphorbiaceae and Solanaceae are the most important families of toxic ornamental plants.
- Observation Genus Euphorbia is the most species-rich toxic ornamental genus.
- Observation Most toxic ornamental species are exotic, at 79.5%.
- Observation Shrubs make up 32.1% of the toxic ornamental species.
- Observation The entire plant has 35 toxic species and is among the most toxic parts.
- Observation Latex has 19 toxic species and is among the most toxic parts.
- Observation Accidental ingestion is the most frequent poisoning route, at 61.5%.
- Observation Twenty poisoning cases were reported between 2009 and 2013.
- Observation Eighty percent of the poisoning cases involved minors, females or urban residents.