Tridax procumbens

Tridax procumbens

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: Millerieae
Subtribus: Dyscritothamninae
Genus: Tridax
Species: Tridax procumbens

Name

• Tridax procumbens L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chrysanthemum procumbens (L.) Sessé & Moc. in Fl. Mexic.: 190 (1894)
• Heterotypic
  • Amellus pedunculatus Ortega ex Willd. in Enum. Pl. 2: 916 (1809)
  • Balbisia canescens Rich. ex Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 470 (1807)
  • Balbisia divaricata Cass. in Opusc. Phytol. 3: 91 (1834)
  • Balbisia elongata Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 2214 (1803)
  • Balbisia pedunculata Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 1: 228 (1824)
  • Tridax procumbens var. canescens (Rich. ex Pers.) DC. in Prodr. 5: 679 (1836)
  • Tridax procumbens var. ovatifolia B.L.Rob. & Greenm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 32: 7 (1896)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, 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 Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Quindío, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima, Valle), Venezuela (Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Dependencias Federales, Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Monagas, Portuguesa, Trujillo, Yaracuy), Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, Peru, Nicaragua, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Argentina (Cordoba, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Parana), Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz), Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saba, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Curacao, Trinidad, Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 900. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Tridax procumbens. 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 Feb. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Tridax procumbens. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 23 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Tridax procumbens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Tridax procumbens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Feb. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tridax procumbens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Coat buttons, Tridax daisy
español: Cadillo chisaca
français: Herbe caille
português: Erva-de-touro
தமிழ்: வெட்டுக்காயப்பூண்டு, தாத்தா பூண்டு

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