Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vernonanthura patens (Kunth) H.Rob. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aritaco	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
cosmo	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
cosomo	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
sanisisa ukwera	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
ukwera	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
leaf, aerial part		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
stem	young stem	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Vernonia aschenborniana S.Schauer Linnaea 19: 714 (1847).
Vernonia patens Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 32 (1818).
Baccharis rugosa Willd. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 39 (1836).
Cacalia aschenborniana (S.Schauer) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 969 (1891).
Cacalia baccharoides (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 969 (1891).
Cacalia haenkeana (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 970 (1891).
Cacalia lanceolaris (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 970 (1891).
Cacalia mattogrossensis (Hieron.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 139 (1898).
Cacalia micradenia (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 970 (1891).
Cacalia patens (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 970 (1891), nom. illeg.
Conyza tomentosa Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768), nom. illeg.
Vernonanthura yurimaguasensis (Hieron.) H.Rob. Phytologia 73: 74 (1992).
Vernonia albifila Gleason Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 59: 374 (1932).
Vernonia baccharoides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 32 (1818).
Vernonia bangii Rusby Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 52 (1896).
Vernonia haenkeana DC. Prodr. 5: 37 (1836).
Vernonia lanceolaris DC. Prodr. 5: 37 (1836).
Vernonia mattogrossensis Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 696 (1897).
Vernonia micradenia DC. Prodr. 5: 38 (1836).
Vernonia monsonensis Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 355 (1908).
Vernonia pacchensis Benth. Pl. Hartw.: 134 (1844).
Vernonia pacchensis var. tambillensis Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 460 (1905).
Vernonia salamana Gleason Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 242 (1919).
Vernonia stuebelii Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 327 (1895).
Vernonia vargasii Cuatrec. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 77: 83 (1956).
Vernonia viarum M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 18: 69 (1933).
Vernonia weberbaueri Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 354 (1908).
Vernonia yurimaguasensis Hieron. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 48: 195 (1907).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Vernonanthura patens (Kunth) H. Rob.	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Vernonanthura patens (Kunth) H.Rob.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Vernonanthura patens (Kunth.) H. Rob	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Vernonia aschenborniana	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Vernonia patens H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Vernonia patens Kunth.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

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