''Iresine'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Amaranthaceae. It contains 20 to 25 species, all of which are native to the Americas, American tropics. The generic name is derived from the Greek language, Greek word εριος (''erios''), meaning "wooly", referring to the trichome-covered flowers. Bloodleaf is a common name for those species that have colored foliage, and these are often cultivated as ornamental plants. Some species are additives to versions of the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: *''Iresine ajuscana'' Suess. & Beyerle *''Iresine alternifolia'' S.Watson *''Iresine angustifolia'' Euphrasén – White snowplant *''Iresine arbuscula'' Uline & W.L.Bray *''Iresine arrecta'' Standl. *''Iresine borschii'' Zumaya & Flores Olv. *''Iresine cassiniiformis'' S.Schauer *''Iresine chrysotricha'' (Suess.) Borsch, Flores Olv. & Kai Müll. *''Iresine cubensis'' Borsch, Flores Olv. & Kai Müll. *''Iresine diffusa'' Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (= ''Iresine celosia, Iresine celosioides, Iresine canescens, Iresine paniculata'' (L.) Kuntze, ''Iresine elongata'') – Juba's bush *''Iresine discolor'' Greenm. *''Iresine domingensis'' Urb. *''Iresine flavescens'' Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. – Yellow bloodleaf *''Iresine flavopilosa'' Suess. *''Iresine hartmanii'' Uline *''Iresine hebanthoides'' Suess. *''Iresine herbstii'' Hook. ex Lindl. – Herbst's bloodleaf *''Iresine heterophylla'' Standl. – Standley's bloodleaf *''Iresine interrupta'' Benth. *''Iresine jaliscana'' Uline & W.L.Bray *''Iresine latifolia'' (M.Martens & Galeotti) Benth. & Hook.f. *''Iresine laurifolia'' Suess. *''Iresine leptoclada'' (Hook.f.) Henrickson & S.D.Sundb. – Texas shrub *''Iresine nigra'' Uline & W.L.Bray *''Iresine orientalis'' G.L.Nesom *''Iresine palmeri'' (S.Watson) Standl. – Palmer's bloodleaf *''Iresine pedicellata'' Eliasson (Ecuador) *''Iresine pringlei'' S.Watson *''Iresine rhizomatosa'' Standl. – Rootstock bloodleaf *''Iresine rotundifolia'' Standl. *''Iresine rzedowskii'' Zumaya, Flores Olv. & Borsch *''Iresine schaffneri'' S.Watson *''Iresine sousae'' Zumaya, Borsch & Flores Olv. *''Iresine stricta'' Standl. *''Iresine valdesii'' Zumaya, Flores Olv. & Borsch

Formerly placed here

*''Aerva javanica'' (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult. (as ''I. javanica'' Burm.f. or ''I. persica'' Burm.f.) *''Hebanthe grandiflora'' (Hook.) Borsch & Pedersen (as ''I. grandiflora'' Hook.) *''Pedersenia macrophylla'' (R.E.Fr.) Holub (as ''I. macrophylla'' R.E.Fr.) *''Pedersenia argentata'' (Mart.) Holub (as ''I. argentata'' (Mart.) D.Dietr. or ''I. elatior'' Sieber ex Moq.) *''Pfaffia glomerata'' (A.Spreng.) Pedersen (as ''I. glomerata'' A.Spreng.)

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