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

Tanacetum cinerariifolium (Trevis.) Sch.Bip.

This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Balkan Peninsula. It is used as a poison and a medicine and has environmental uses.

[UNAL]

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/

Vernacular
pelitre, piletre, piretro

[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
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 2820 - 2820 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Subarbusto

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2820–2820 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Nariño.
Habit
Subshrub.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.

[UPFC]
Vernacular
Piretro

[UPFC]
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.

Native to:

Albania, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Austria, Colombia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Jawa, Korea, Krym, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda, Réunion, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Vietnam, West Himalaya

English
Pyrethrum

Tanacetum cinerariifolium (Trevis.) Sch.Bip. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Visiani, R. [s.n.], Croatia K000928500 Yes
Willemot, M. [s.n.], France K000928499 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Croatia K000928501 Yes

First published in Tanaceteen: 58 (1844)

Accepted by

  • Ghafoor, A. (2002). Flora of Pakistan 207: 1-172. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Literature

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ghafoor, A. (2002). Flora of Pakistan 207: 1-172. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Masc. 109: 118, t. 37 (1993).
  • Sch. Bip., Tanacet.: 58 (1844).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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