Ageratina wrightii
Appearance
Ageratina wrightii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Ageratina |
Species: | A. wrightii
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Binomial name | |
Ageratina wrightii | |
Synonyms[2][3] | |
Ageratina wrightii (Wright's snakeroot)[4] is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southwestern United States (New Mexico, southern Arizona, western Texas) and northern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco).[5]
Etymology
[edit]Ageratina is derived from Greek meaning 'un-aging', in reference to the flowers keeping their color for a long time. This name was used by Dioscorides for a number of different plants.[6]
The plant is named for American botanist Charles Wright (1811-1885).[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Ageratina wrightii". NatureServe Explorer Ageratina wrightii. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
- ^ "Ageratina wrightii (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ "Ageratina wrightii". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
- ^ NRCS. "Ageratina wrightii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Nesom, Guy L. (2006). "Ageratina wrightii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 39
- ^ Gray, Asa. 1852. Plantae Wrightianae, Texano-Neo-Mexicanae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, vol 3, number 5, pages 5–146. description of Eupatorium wrightii on page 87
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