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Taxon: Acanthostyles buniifolius (Hook. & Arn.) R. M. King & H. Rob.

Genus: Acanthostyles
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 401661
Place of publication: Phytologia 22:111. 1971
Name verified on: 29-Mar-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • chilca   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 as Eupatorium buniifolium)
  • chirca   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 as Eupatorium buniifolium)

Economic importance:

  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (principal weed in Paraguay fide Atlas WWeed)

Distributional range:

Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Bolivia
    Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay

References:

  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • King, R. M. & H. Robinson. 1987. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22:74.
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Acanthostyles buniifolius (Hook. & Arn.) R. M. King & H. Rob.:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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:

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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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?401661 (21 November 2009)

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