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Taxon: Parthenium argentatum A. Gray

Genus: Parthenium
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 26802
Place of publication: J. Torrey in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. bound. 2(1):86. 1859
Name verified on: 18-Jul-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-Feb-2009
Species priority site is: National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit (PARL).
Accessions: 87 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:


Economic importance:

  • Materials: latex/rubber   (promising source of domestic rubber fide Castanea 14:331-338. 1991)
  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Lampe & McCann)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Foster, M. A. et al. 1991. Sida 14:331–338.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia) [mentions].
  • Mears, J. A. 1975. The taxonomy of Parthenium section Partheniastrum DC. (Asteraceae-Ambrosiinae). Phytologia 31:463–482.
  • Rollins, R. C. 1950. The guayule rubber plant and its relatives. Contr. Gray Herb. 172:40.
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)
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Check other databases for Parthenium argentatum A. Gray:

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

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  • 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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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26802 (09 February 2010)

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