Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small [Plantaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Mecardonia procumbens var. caespitosa (Cham.) V.C.Souza

Mecardonia procumbens var. flagellaris (Cham. & Schltdl.) V.C.Souza

Mecardonia procumbens var. herniarioides (Cham.) V.C.Souza

Mecardonia procumbens var. procumbens

Mecardonia procumbens var. tenella (Cham. & Schltdl.) V.C.Souza

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
yellow bird	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bacopa procumbens (Mill.) Greenm. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 261 (1907).
Erinus procumbens Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 6 (1768).
Herpestis procumbens (Mill.) Urb. Symb. Antill. 4: 558 (1911).
Moniera procumbens (Mill.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 463 (1891).
Moniera procumbens var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 236 (1898), not validly publ.
Pagesia procumbens (Mill.) Pennell Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 68 (1935).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bacopa procumbens (Mill.) Greenm.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Mecardonia procumbens	Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998)
Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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