Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tristerix verticillatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Barlow & Wiens [Loranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arita	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
liga	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
liga de molle	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pega-pega	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
puspusa	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Loranthus poeppigii DC. Prodr. 4: 308 (1830).
Loranthus sternbergianus Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 116 (1829).
Loranthus verticillatus Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 3: 47 (1802).
Loxanthera sternbergianus Blume in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1612 (1830).
Metastachys verticillata Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 165 (1895).
Notanthera poeppigii G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 428 (1834).
Notanthera sternbergianus G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 428 (1834).
Notanthera verticillatus (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 428 (1834).
Phrygilanthus sternbergianus (Schult. & Schult.f.) Reiche Flora 97: 399 (1907).
Phrygilanthus verticillatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Eichler in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(2): 47 (1868).
Phrygilanthus verticillatus var. flava-citrinus Ruíz Leal Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 6: 110 (1956).
Psittacanthus sternbergianus (Schult. & Schult.f.) Blume in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1730 (1830).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tristerix verticillatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Barlow & Wiens	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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