Taxon: Ageratum houstonianum Mill.

Common names:

• agérato   (Source: UPOV)
  
• ageratum   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• ageratum du Mexique   (Source: UPOV)
  
• blue billygoat-weed   (Source: Econ Pl Aust )
  
• bluemink   (Source: F NAmer )
  
• flossflower   (Source: F BritStace )
  
• Mexican ageratum   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 )
  
• Mexikaanse ageratum   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 )
  
• mexikanischer Leberbalsam   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed14)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

Distributional range:

• pantropic

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Johnson, M. F. 1971. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:21–25.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Turner, B. L. 1997. The comps of Mexico: a systematic account of the family Asteraceae. Volume 1: Eupatoreae. Phytologia Mem. 11:54.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ageratum houstonianum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ageratum houstonianum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Ageratum mexicanum Sims
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Ageratum houstonianum Mill.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• 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
• 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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