Cicuta virosa (Cowbane or Northern Water Hemlock) is a species of Cicuta, native to northern and central Europe, northern Asia and northwestern North America.
The water hemlock belongs to the Apiaceae family and the species within this family are divided into the Cicuta and Oenanthe genera.
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Cicutoxin is a poisonous polyyne and alcohol found in various plants, such as the highly toxicwater hemlock (Cicuta species).
He was the author of a collection of epigrams called Cicuta ("hemlock") for their bitter sarcasm, and of a beautiful epitaph on the death of Tibullus; of elegiac poems, probably of an erotic character; of an epic poem Amazonis; and of a prose work on wit (De urbanitate).
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