Taxon: Elephantopus mollis Kunth

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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

Common names:

• elephant's-foot   (Source: L NWeeds Hawaii ) – English
  
• elephantopus   (Source: L NWeeds Hawaii ) – English
  
• false tobacco   (Source: Pacif I Ecosyst Risk ) – English
  
• tobacco-weed   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• faux tabac   (Source: Pacif I Ecosyst Risk ) – French
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):252. 1999)
  
• Weed   (fide Atlas WWeed)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tabasco, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Cuba; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands (British); Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina [n.]; Paraguay; Uruguay

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Sao Tome and Principe; Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Zambia
  Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius; Reunion
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  Northwestern Pacific: Guam; Micronesia; Northern Mariana Islands
  South-Central Pacific: Cook Islands; French Polynesia
  Southwestern Pacific: Fiji; New Caledonia; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu; Wallis and Futuna Islands

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
• Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85.
• Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. [= E. tomentosus L.].
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• Figueiredo, E. & G. F. Smith. 2008. Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279.
• Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
• Fosberg, F. R. & M.-H. Sachet. 1975–. Flora of Micronesia, Smithsonian Contr. Bot.
• Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
• Hawaii Department of Agriculture. 1992. List of plant species designated as noxious weeds for eradication or control purposes.
• Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000)
• Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. [= E. tomentosus L.].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Jones, S. B. 1980. Flora of Peru: Tribe Vernonieae. Fieldiana, Bot. 5:63.
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan. [introduced].
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 2000. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2.
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
• Merrill, E. D. 1922–1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
• Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 12(1):252.
• Robinson, H. 1999. Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 89:66.
• Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991–. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
• 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.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
• Turner, I. M. 1995. A catalogue of the vascular plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bull. Singapore vol. 47.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Vásquez M., R. et al. 2002. Adiciones a la Flora Peruana: especies nuevas, nuevos registros y estados taxonómicos de las Angiospermas para el Perú. Arnaldoa 9(2):60. [= E. tomentosus L.].
• Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.

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Synonyms:

• (=) Elephantopus mollis var. bracteosus Domin
  
• (=) Elephantopus mollis var. capitulatus Domin
  
• (=) Elephantopus tomentosus auct. nonn.
  

Check other web resources for Elephantopus mollis Kunth:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• 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.

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• PlantSystematics.org
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