Plant Details

Accepted name:: Centratherum punctatum Cass. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balainho de-velho	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
balauê	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
brazil button flower	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
brazilian bachelor's button	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunga butang brazil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lark daisy	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
porcupine flower	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
valeriana	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 42 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ampherephis aristata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 25 (1818).
Ampherephis intermedia Link Icon. Pl. Select.: t. 28 (1822).
Ampherephis mutica Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 25 (1818).
Ampherephis pilosa Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 57: 346 (1828), nom. superfl.
Ampherephis pulchella Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 57: 346 (1828).
Amphibecis violacea (Schrank) Schrank Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 86 (1824).
Baccharoides brachylepis (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 320 (1891).
Baccharoides holtonii (Baker) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 320 (1891).
Baccharoides mutica (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 320 (1891).
Baccharoides punctata (Cass.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 320 (1891).
Baccharoides violacea (Schrank) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 320 (1891).
Cacalia brachylepis (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 969 (1891).
Centaurea riparia A.Cunn. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 602 (1838).
Centratherum aristatum (Kunth) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 57: 342 (1828).
Centratherum australianum (K.Kirkman) A.R.Bean Austrobaileya 6: 977 (2004).
Centratherum brachylepis Sch.Bip. ex Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(2): 12 (1873).
Centratherum brevispinum Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 57: 346 (1828), nom. superfl.
Centratherum camporum (Hassl.) Malme Ark. Bot. 24A(6): 15 (1931).
Centratherum camporum var. albicans (Hassl.) Malme Ark. Bot. 24A(6): 15 (1931).
Centratherum camporum var. longipes (Hassl.) Malme Ark. Bot. 24A(6): 15 (1931).
Centratherum confertum K.Kirkman Rhodora 83: 21 (1981).
Centratherum fruticosum S.Vidal Revis. Pl. Vasc. Filip.: 159 (1886).
Centratherum holtonii Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(2): 12 (1873).
Centratherum intermedium (Link) Less. Linnaea 4: 320 (1829).
Centratherum longispinum Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 57: 346 (1828), nom. superfl.
Centratherum muticum (Kunth) Less. Linnaea 4: 320 (1829).
Centratherum pulchellum (Cass.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 324 (1840).
Centratherum punctatum var. albicans Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 369 (1913).
Centratherum punctatum subsp. australianum K.Kirkman Rhodora 83: 21 (1981).
Centratherum punctatum f. brachyphyllum Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 369 (1913).
Centratherum punctatum subsp. camporum Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 369 (1913).
Centratherum punctatum f. foliosum (Chodat) Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 369 (1913).
Centratherum punctatum var. foliosum Chodat Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 298 (1902).
Centratherum punctatum subsp. fruticosum (S.Vidal) K.Kirkman ex Shih H.Chen, M.J.Wu & S.M.Li Taiwania 44: 300 (1999).
Centratherum punctatum var. longipes Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 369 (1913).
Centratherum punctatum var. parviflorum Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(2): 12 (1873).
Centratherum punctatum var. viscossissimum Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 369 (1913).
Centratherum riparium (A.Cunn. ex DC.) A.R.Bean Austrobaileya 8: 97 (2009).
Centratherum violaceum (Schrank) Gleason in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 33: 49 (1922).
Crantzia ovata Vell. Fl. Flumin. 8: t. 153 (1829).
Spixia violacea Schrank Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 80 (1821).
Vernonia brachylepis (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 164 (1879).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centratherum punctatum Cass.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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