Iresine is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It contains 20 to 25 species, all of which are native to the American tropics. The generic name is derived from the 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.) References Citations Sources General references External links Ayahuasca Amaranthaceae genera