Pterocaulon virgatum

Taxonavigation

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

Pterocaulon virgatum (L.) DC., 1836

Homotypic
- Chlaenobolus virgatus (L.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 49: 340 (1827)
- Conyza virgata (L.) L. in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1206 (1763)
- Gnaphalium virgatum L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1211 (1759)
- Pluchea virgata (L.) Less. in Linnaea 6: 726 (1831)
Heterotypic
- Chlaenobolus spicatus (Mill.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 49: 341 (1827)
- Conyza spicata (Mill.) Lam. in Encycl. 2: 93 (1786)
- Gnaphalium spicatum Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 24 (1768)
- Pluchea spicata (Mill.) Less. in Syn. Gen. Compos.: 207 (1832)
- Pterocaulon pilcomayense Malme in Trab. Mus. Farmacol. 21: 129 (1909)
- Pterocaulon pompilianum Standl. & L.O.Williams in Ceiba 1: 94 (1950)
- Pterocaulon spicatum (Mill.) DC. in Prodr. 5: 454 (1836)
- Pterocaulon spicatum var. cylindricum DC. in Prodr. 5: 454 (1836)
- Pterocaulon subspicatum Malme in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 388 (1902)
- Pterocaulon subvirgatum Malme in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 32(5): 55 (1899)
- Pterocaulon virgatum var. capitatum Glaz. in Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 405 (1910), not validly publ.
- Pterocaulon virgatum f. subvirgatum (Malme) Arechav. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 6: 269 (1908)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Alabama, Louisiana
- Regional: Southern Central USA
  - Texas
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northe South America
  - Colombia
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico
- Regional:Central America
  - Honduras

De Candolle, A.P. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 5: Sistens Calycereas et Compositarum tribus priores. 706 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 5:454.

International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pterocaulon virgatum. Published online. Accessed: June 14 2023.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pterocaulon virgatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 14. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Pterocaulon virgatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 June 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Pterocaulon virgatum. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 14. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pterocaulon virgatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

English: wand blackroot