Family:
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Genus:
Parthenium L.

Parthenium hysterophorus L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is used as a poison and a medicine.

[CPLC]

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

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 2600 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada

[FTEA]

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Annual herb to 60 cm high; stems puberulous or scabridulous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves elliptic to ovate, bipinnately lobed, 6–30 cm long, 3–10 cm wide, lobes 1.5–4 mm wide and obtuse, puberulous on both surfaces.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula hemispherical, in lax panicles; involucre 2–3 mm long, the phyllaries pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray florets 5, whitish, almost round, 0.5–1 mm; disc florets yellowish, narrowly funnel-shaped, ± 2.7 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes black, obovoid, ± 2 mm long, with 2 recurved pappus awns.
Figures
Fig. 177 (page 816).
Habitat
eed of coffee plantations; ± 1600 m
Distribution
pantropical K4

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2600–2600 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Cundinamarca, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.

[UPFC]
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cape Verde, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Haiti, Hawaii, Illinois, India, Japan, Kansas, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Louisiana, Madagascar, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, Society Is., South Carolina, Swaziland, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand, Vietnam, Virginia, Zimbabwe

Parthenium hysterophorus L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Aug 1, 2015 Julius [FRI 56167], Malaya K001045439
Feb 1, 2008 Jaffre [3391], New Caledonia K000512318
Jun 1, 1997 Lucena, M.F.A. [33], Pernambuco K000054360
Jun 1, 1997 Henrique, V. [11], Pernambuco K000054359
Eiten, G. [3463], Brazil K001031188
Eiten, G. [2560], Brazil K001031189
Skorupa, L.A. [89], Brazil K001031187
Cervi, A.C. [7330], Brazil K001031186

First published in Sp. Pl.: 988 (1753)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (2015). Flora of Oman 3: 1-386. National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Prakash, L. & Balasubramanian, P. (2018). Invasive alien flora of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Southern Eastern Ghats, India Indian Forester 144: 857-862.
  • 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.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
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Flora of Somalia

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Flora of Tropical East Africa

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