Asteraceae
Ageratum

Ageratum houstonianum Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Introduced into:

Alabama, Assam, Azores, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guinea, Hainan, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Italy, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Madeira, Malaya, Mali, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Queensland, Society Is., South Carolina, South European Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Texas, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiĭskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of Iraq

  • Chakravarty, Pl. Wealth Iraq: 7 (1976).
  • Husain & Kasim, Cult. Pl. Iraq: 108 (1975)
  • Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 2 (1768)

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiĭskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Shevtsov, V. (2022). Personal Communication on South European Russia. 1.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. (2017). Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 204 (1994).
  • B.L. Rob. in Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 6 (1923).
  • B.L. Rob. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 51: 532 (1916)
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 287 (1963).
  • D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Mascar. 109: 234, t. 81/9 (1993).
  • H.M. Burkill, Useful Pl. W. Trop. Afr. ed. 2, 1: 445 (1985).
  • Lisowski, Asterac. Afr. Centr.: 477, fig. 96 (1991).
  • M.F. Johnson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58(1): 21 (1971).
  • Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 2 (1768).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1993 K000488920 Type Yes
May 1, 1993 Mathews [1751] Peru K000488664 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Daramola, B.O. [41023] Cameroon K000051821 No
Combs, R. [59] Cuba K002897196 Yes
{Mohd Hairul, M.A.; Beentje, H.(K); Kiew, R.; Beentje, J.} [FRI60860] Malaysia K003705090 No
Grimshaw, J.M. [JMG93982] Tanzania K002896543 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26098] India K003149996 No
Urban, L. [225] Belize K002897046 Yes
Mkenda, P.M., Elisante, F. & Njau, E.A. [16] Tanzania K001562877 Yes
Kiew, R. [RK 5405] Malaysia K001768871 Yes
Kiew, R. [RK 5405] Malaysia K001768872 Yes
Andrews; Sherif [A3493] Sudan K002896490 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K001651081 Yes
Gastony, J. [s.n.] Mexico K002897028 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002897195 Yes
Kinyua, D.G. [5] Kenya K002896539 Yes
Purdie [s.n.] K001651079 Yes
Archbold, M.E.; Archbold, N.E. [896] Tanzania K002896544 Yes
Archbold, M.E.; Archbold, N.E. [185] Tanzania K002896546 Yes
van den Brink, B. [5781] Indonesia K003705202 No
Pruski, J.; Ortiz, R. [4130] Mexico K002897041 Yes
Baines, R.; Luke, A.; Summers, A.; Ritchie, W.; Quang Bui Hong; Dzu Van Nguyen; Khang Sinh Nguyen [64] Vietnam K001528805 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [1773] Kenya K002896540 Yes
Rich, H.H. [413] India K003149992 No
Orcutt, C.R. [3430] K002897198 Yes
Backer [14620] Indonesia K003705203 No
Revell, R.J. [246] Tanzania K002896549 Yes
Stewart, R.B. [[B-2]] Ethiopia K002896492 Yes
Bernoulli, G. [476] Guatemala K002897044 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [48293] India K003149990 No
Bourgeau, M. [1557] K002897035 Yes
Burchill [s.n.] K002897045 Yes
Kirika [251] Kenya K002896538 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [s.n.] Jamaica K002897197 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [s.n.] India K003149997 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002897039 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Charles, M. [46805] India K003149991 No
Semsei, S.R. [1553] Tanzania K002896545 Yes
Galeotti, H. [2222] Mexico K001651078 Yes
Borhidi, A.; Iversen, S.T.; Steiner, M. [86159] Tanzania K002896548 Yes
Seemann [99] Nicaragua K001651080 Yes
Tate, R. [[146 (214)]] Nicaragua K002897031 Yes
de Linden, J. [468] Mexico K002897038 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002897030 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [2684] Mexico K002897037 Yes
Hohenacaker, R.F. [s.n.] India K003705001 No
Abbore, J. [s.n.] Mexico K002897029 Yes
Cook, C.D.K.; Gut, B.J. [252] India K003149993 No
Siegenthaler [1599] Ethiopia K002896491 Yes
Mwangoka, M.A. [286] Tanzania K002896542 Yes
Bourne [2688] India K003150000 No
Lorrain, L.M.T. [s.n.] India K003705003 No
Harris, W. [11971] Jamaica K002897199 Yes
Brace [97] Bahamas, The K002897032 Yes
Foreau, G. [2389] India K003149989 No
s.coll. [63666] Malaysia K003705091 No
Drummond, J.R. [26099] India K003149998 No
Valdez, P. [s.n.] Mexico K002897051 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K002897042 Yes
Cramer, L.H.; Jayasuria, M. [3736] Sri Lanka K003705004 No
Yuncker, T.G.; Dawson, R.F.; Youse, H.R. [5518] Honduras K002897048 Yes
[Mrradar] [149] K002897036 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [s.n.] India K003149999 No
Palmer, E. [683] Mexico K002897034 Yes
s.coll. [148] K001651077 Yes
Bourne [714] India K003705002 No
s.coll. [407] Mexico K001651076 Yes
Cooper, J.J. [s.n.] Costa Rica K001651082 Yes
Shabani [583] Tanzania K002896547 Yes
Santapau, H. [12652] India K003149994 No
Drummond, J.R. [26097] India K003149995 No
Baker, C.F. [2021] Nicaragua K002897050 Yes
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [5537] Mexico K002897026 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12270] Jamaica K002897200 Yes
Seaton, H.E. [55] Mexico K002897027 Yes
Gentle, P.H.; Lundell, C.L. [1792] Belize K002897049 Yes
Hawkes, J.G.; Hjerting, J.P.; Lester, R.N. [1997] Honduras K002897047 Yes
[Njoroge Thaim] [136] Kenya K002896541 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [1557] K002897033 Yes
Mexia, Y. [9177] Mexico K002897040 Yes
Rosas R, M. [218] Mexico K002897043 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3518] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896556 No
s.coll. [19] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896551 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4392] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896559 No
Shabani, S. [421] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896561 Yes
Hancock, A.D. (Miss) [9] Kenya Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896553 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3518] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896557 No
Mshana, H. [94] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896563 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4392] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896560 No
Shabani, S. [421] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896562 Yes
Mgaza, C.D. [373] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896564 Yes
s.coll. [19] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896550 Yes
Ngoundai [288] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896554 Yes
Carmichael [656] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896552 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4392] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896558 No
Semsei, S.R. [3518] Tanzania Ageratum houstonianum var. muticescens K002896555 No

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