| Carapichea | |
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| Carapichea ipecacuanha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Palicoureeae |
| Genus: | Carapichea Aubl. (1775) |
| Type species | |
| Carapichea guianensis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Carapichea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Central America and northern South America from Nicaragua to Brazil.[2] One species, Carapichea ipecacuanha, is used medicinally as the source of ipecac, a powerful emetic.
24 species are accepted:[1]
- Carapichea adinantha (Standl.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea affinis (Standl.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Carapichea araguariensis (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea cardenasiana C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea crebinervia (Standl.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea dolichophylla (Standl.) C.M.Taylor - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Carapichea fimbriflora (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea franquevilleana (Müll.Arg.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea galbaoensis (Steyerm.) O.Lachenaud & Delprete
- Carapichea guianensis Aubl. - Suriname, French Guiana, Amapá, Pará
- Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil
- Carapichea klugii (Standl.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea ligularis (Rudge) Delprete - Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana
- Carapichea lucida J.G.Jardim & Zappi - Bahia
- Carapichea maturacensis (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea necopinata (Standl.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea pacimonica (Müll.Arg.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea panurensis (Müll.Arg.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea sandwithiana (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea squamelligera (Steyerm.) O.Lachenaud & Delprete
- Carapichea tillettii (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea urniformis (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea vasivensis (Müll.Arg.) C.M.Taylor
- Carapichea verrucosa C.M.Taylor