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    Dieffenbachia /ˌdiːfɪnˈbækiə/, commonly known as dumb cane or leopard lily, is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native...
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    Dieffenbachia seguine, widely known as dumbcane, as well as leopard lily or tuftroot, is a species of Dieffenbachia, a flowering aroid plant of the family...
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    Dieffenbachia longispatha is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Panama and Colombia. A large member of its genus, reaching...
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    condition to decline quickly, thus treatment is often not successful. Dieffenbachia causes oral irritation, vomiting, and difficult swallowing in dogs....
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    could cause swelling of the throat, restricting breathing. The genus Dieffenbachia is famously known as "dumb-cane" for this reason; however, given the...
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    and distribution of idioblasts producing calcium oxalate crystals in Dieffenbachia seguine (Araceae)". American Journal of Botany. 96 (7): 1245–1254. doi:10...
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    includes many poisonous genera, such as Philodendron, Monstera, Anthurium, Dieffenbachia, Aglaonema and Spathiphyllum, all of which contain insoluble calcium...
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    the soil nutrient calcium carbonate. The poisonous plant dumb cane (Dieffenbachia) contains the substance and on ingestion can prevent speech and be suffocating...
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    the entry to a house. Those include: the common rue, chili peppers, Dieffenbachia seguine, Sansevieria trifasciata, and Petiveria alliacea. For those...
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  • of, say, a leaf can render the leaf unpalatable to herbivores (see Dieffenbachia and taro). Druse Cystolith Pritchard, Seth; Peterson, C.; Runion, G...
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    confused with the related genera Aglaonema or Dieffenbachia, especially Aglaonema pictum 'Tricolor' or Dieffenbachia 'Reflector', both of which have similar...
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    Rita; Dean, Bonnie S.; Krenzelok, Edward P. (1991). "Philodendron/dieffenbachia ingestions: are they a problem?". Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology...
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    refers to a few genera within the Araceae family (Alocasia, Caladium and Dieffenbachia). However, it may just specifically refer to the Colocasia genus. Many...
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  • genus of squat lobsters Galatea, common name for plants of the genus Dieffenbachia Galatea, a taxonomic synonym for the plant genus Galatella Galatea,...
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    Family. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1988 Plant Poisoning, Caladium, Dieffenbachia, and Philodendron at eMedicine Gilman, Edward F (1999). “Philodendron...
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    Dendrobium orchids (Dendrobium spp.) No Yes 756 No Yes No Dumb canes (Dieffenbachia spp.) No Yes 754 No Yes No King of hearts (Homalomena wallisii) No Yes...
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    (Cuckoopint) Caladium (Angel wings) Colocasia (Taro, Cocoyam, Eddoe) Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane) Epipremnum (Devil's Ivy, Golden Pothos) Monstera (Swiss...
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    and distribution of idioblasts producing calcium oxalate crystals in Dieffenbachia seguine (Araceae)". American Journal of Botany. 96 (7): 1245–54. doi:10...
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    (February 2004). "Ocular injuries from plant sap of genera Euphorbia and Dieffenbachia" (PDF). Journal of the Chinese Medical Association. 67 (2): 93–98. PMID 15146906...
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  • septic shock. Johnny and Roy help a moaning man after his wife gives him Dieffenbachia sap to shut him up, a gas station attendant with a perforated ulcer...
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    plant) Citrus (compact cultivars such as the Meyer lemon) Cyclamen Dieffenbachia (dumbcane) Epipremnum aureum (pothos) Ferns and plants treated like...
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    plant contains the metabolic poison fluoroacetic acid.[citation needed] Dieffenbachia spp. dumbcane Araceae All parts are poisonous; the culprits are needle-shaped...
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    in the Araceae family. It occurs in genera such as Amorphophallus, Dieffenbachia, Monstera, Philodendron and Theriophonum. A well-known example is the...
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    abdomen. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Aglaonema, Alocasia, Dieffenbachia, Syngonium and Monstera deliciosa. Young larvae are slender, pale green...
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    Syngonium podophyllum, Amorphophallus, Arisaema, Caladium, Colocasia, Dieffenbachia, Begonia, Commelina, Leea, Cissus and Vitis species. Male dorsal Male...
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    number of common houseplants such as Epipremnum aureum, Monstera and Dieffenbachia. On the many large trees are found many epiphytes, including several...
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    Buchet Colocasia Schott Cryptocoryne Fisch. ex Wydler Culcasia P. Beauv. Dieffenbachia Schott Dracunculus Mill. Eminium (Blume) Schott Fenestratarum P.C.Boyce...
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  • endemic to the Chatham Islands, was named after him. (The plant genus Dieffenbachia was named after the head gardener of the Botanical Gardens in Vienna...
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  • Ecuador, Guianas, Bolivia and areas of Colombia and monographs on Dieffenbachia, Rhodospatha, Homalomena and Chlorospatha. Croat collected his 100,000th...
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  • was sent by James Veitch & Sons to collect in Brazil. The species Dieffenbachia bowmanii is named after him. Bowman was born at Arniston near Edinburgh...
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