Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acaena splendens Hook. & Arn. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abrojo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cadillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cepa caballo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Dried bark + spines, Root, Wood		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acaena adenocarpa Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 86 (1910).
Acaena adenocarpa var. basiinermis Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 87 (1910).
Acaena adenocarpa var. microphylla Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 87 (1910).
Acaena adenocarpa var. pedicellata Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 87 (1910).
Acaena adenocarpa var. tridentata Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 87 (1910).
Acaena adenocarpa var. undiquearmata Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 87 (1910).
Acaena integerrima var. evectifolia Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 85 (1910).
Acaena splendens var. angustior Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 81 (1910).
Acaena splendens var. brachyphylla Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 81 (1910).
Acaena splendens var. brevisericea Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 82 (1910).
Acaena splendens var. gracilis Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 81 (1910).
Acaena splendens var. macrophylla Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 82 (1910).
Acaena splendens var. subintegra Bitter Biblioth. Bot. 17(74): 81 (1910).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acaena splendens Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Acaena splendens Hook. & Arn.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acaena splendens Hook. et Arn.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Acaena splendens Ruiz et Pavon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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