Ageratum

Ageratum conyzoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Eupatorieae
Subtribus: Ageratinae
Genus: Ageratum
Species: A. albidum – A. ballotifolium – A. candidum – A. chiriquense – A. chortianum – A. conyzoides – A. cordatum – A. corymbosum – A. echioides – A. ellipticum – A. fastigiatum – A. gaumeri – A. guatemalense – A. hondurense – A. houstonianum – A. iltisii – A. koulianum – A. littorale – A. lundellii – A. maritimum – A. microcarpum – A. microcephalum – A. molinae – A. munaense – A. myriadenium – A. oerstedii – A. oliveri – A. paleaceum – A. peckii – A. petiolatum – A. platylepis – A. platypodum – A. radicans – A. riparium – A. salvanaturae – A. solisii – A. standleyi – A. tehuacanum – A. tomentosum

Name

Ageratum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 839. (1753)

• Type species: Ageratum conyzoides L., Sp. Pl. 2: 839. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Carelia Fabr., Enum. 85. (1759)
  • Caelestina Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 10. (1817)
  • Coelestina Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 10. (1817)
  • Isocarpha Less., Linnaea 5: 141. (1830)
  • Ageratum subg. Caelestina (Cass.) Baker, Fl. Bras. 6(2): 197. (1876)
  • Ageratum sect. Caelestina (Cass.) A. Gray ex B.L. Rob., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 49(8): 468. (1914)
  • Blakeanthus R.M.King & H.Rob., Phytologia 24(2): 118–119. (1972)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern & Nortehrn America Arizona, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Texas, Venezuela Introduced into: Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Brazil South, Bulgaria, Burkina, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Guiana, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New York, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Society Is., Socotra, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 839. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Ageratum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ageratum. Published online. Accessed: January 1 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ageratum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ageratum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 January 2018.

Vernacular names

dansk: Blåkvast
English: Whiteweed
suomi: Sinitähtöset
հայերեն: Անծերի
lietuvių: Žydrūnis
polski: Żeniszek
русский: Агератум
Türkçe: Vapurdumanı
українська: Агератум

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