Ageratina tinifolia

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Ageratina tinifolia
Ageratina tinifolia at Ocetá Páramo, Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ageratina
Species:
A. tinifolia
Binomial name
Ageratina tinifolia
(Kunth) R.M. King & H. Rob[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupatorium lehmannianum Klatt 1886
  • Eupatorium tinifolium
    Kunth
    1818

Ageratina tinifolia is a species of

Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander and Tolima) to Venezuela, where it typically occurs in the transition zone of high Andean forests and páramo
vegetation.

Etymology

The species epithet is derived from the Greek τεινο, "wide", referring to the shape of the flowers. In the publication about the Royal Botanical Expedition to New Granada, headed by Spanish botanist and priest José Celestino Mutis, the Spanish name is registered as "pegajosa". Other reported names for the plant include "amargoso" in Sumapaz, "ayubara" in the Páramo de las Papas, Cauca, "chilco" in El Cocuy, Boyacá, La Calera, Cundinamarca and Angostura, Antioquia and "chilco amargo" in Soacha, Cundinamarca.[4]

Description

The species was first described as part of the genus Ageratina in 1970 by King and Rob. Earlier reports include Von Humboldt and Bonpland as "grows in New Granada" and by German botanists as Eupatorium tinifolium by Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1818 and Eupatorium lehmannianum by Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt in 1886.[4]

Distribution

It occurs in the

Norte de Santander.[10]

References

  1. ^ R.M.King & H.Rob., Phytologia 9 227 1970
  2. ^ Ageratina tinifolia at Catalogue of Life.org
  3. ^ Ageratina tinifolia at Tropicos.org
  4. ^ a b (in Spanish) Ageratina tinifolia
  5. ^ Rodríguez & Guerrero, 2015, p.11
  6. ^ Rodríguez & Guerrero, 2015, p.40
  7. ^ Castellanos & Bonilla, 2011, p.167
  8. ^ Cantillo et al., 2009, p.111
  9. ^ Restrepo & Duque, 1992, p.28
  10. ^ Sánchez et al., 2007, p.31

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