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Taxon: Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

Genus: Acanthospermum
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 1077
Place of publication: Prodr. 5:522. 1836
Name verified on: 31-Aug-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 31-Aug-2004
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
HI°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • bristly starbur   (Source: Noxweed Aust )
  • cabeça-de-boi   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • carrapicho-chifre-de-veado   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • carrapicho-de-carneiro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • corona de la reina   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  • cuagrilla   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  • espinho-de-agulha   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • espinho-de-cigano   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • goat's-head   (Source: Noxweed Aust )
  • starbur   (Source: F Hawaii )

Economic importance:

  • Harmful organism host: crop diseases   (fide WorldWeeds 9. 1997)
  • Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide NoxWeed Aust)
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Distributional range:

Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua
    Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis - St. Kitts; Virgin Islands (British); Virgin Islands (U.S.)
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Peru
    Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay
Other:
  • widely naturalized

References:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581. (F St John)
  • Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. (F EntreR)
  • Cabrera, A. L., dir. 1977–. Flora de la provincia de Jujuy, Republica Argentina. (F Jujuy)
  • Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle. (F FlaPan)
  • Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. (L Mato Grosso)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. (F PuertoR)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos - on-line resource. (TROPICOS)
  • Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
  • Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980–. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States. (F SE US)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
  • Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). (F Nicaragua)
  • Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
  • Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. (F Hawaii)
  • Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999 (L Argent)
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Check other databases for Acanthospermum hispidum DC.:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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