Parthenium hysterophorus

Parthenium hysterophorus

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: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ambrosiinae
Genus: Parthenium
Species: Parthenium hysterophorus

Name

Parthenium hysterophorus L., 1753

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Argyrochaeta bipinnatifida Cav. in Icon. 4: 54 (1798)
  • Echetrosis pentasperma Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 43: 129 (1873)
  • Parthenium lobatum Buckley in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 457 (1861 publ. 1862)
  • Parthenium pinnatifidum Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 278 (1812)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Continental: Southern America Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Colombia (Cundinamarca, Valle), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Pres. Hayes), Uruguay (Montevideo, Rio Negro, Salto), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes, Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Tachira), N-Brazil (Tocantins), NE-Brazil (Pernambuco), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 988. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Parthenium hysterophorus. 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 Mar. 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Parthenium hysterophorus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 31 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Parthenium hysterophorus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Parthenium hysterophorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Mar. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Parthenium hysterophorus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 31.

Vernacular names

English: bitterweed, carrot-grass, false ragweed, feverfew, parthenium-weed, ragweed parthenium, Santa Maria feverfew, whitetop,
español: cicutilla, escoba amarga
português: coentro-do-mato, losna-branca,
తెలుగు: వయ్యారి భామ, కాంగ్రెస్ గడ్డి

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