Phyllanthus warnockii, the sand reverchonia,[2] is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a sand dune annual and confined to the Southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico.[citation needed] It is poisonous to mammals.[3] Members of the Hopi Tribe in northeastern Arizona sometimes traditionally used the berries to oil and season piki cooking slabs.[4] It was also used by the Hopi medicinally in cases of postpartum hemorrhage.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus: | Phyllanthus |
| Species: | P. warnockii
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllanthus warnockii | |
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References
edit- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 20 October 2015
- ^ NRCS. "Reverchonia arenaria". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Phyllanthus warnockii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ Whiting, Alfred (1939). Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Flagstaff: Museum of Northern Arizona. pp. 15, 36, 84.
- ^ Voth, H.R. (1905). The Oraibi Natal Customs and Ceremonies. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, Anthropological Series Vol.6 No. 2. p. 51.