Plant Details

Accepted name:: Orthopappus angustifolius (Sw.) Gleason [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
lengua de vaca	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
língua-de-vaca	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)

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

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

Elephantopus angustifolius Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 115 (1788).
Distreptus angustifolius (Sw.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 13: 368 (1819).
Distreptus crispus Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 60: 601 (1830), nom. superfl.
Distreptus nudiflorus (Willd.) Less. Linnaea 4: 329 (1829).
Elephantopus crispus D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 4: 1372 (1847), nom. superfl.
Elephantopus liatroides Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 549 (1840).
Elephantopus nudiflorus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 2390 (1803).
Elephantopus quadriflora (Less.) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 4: 1372 (1847).
Elephantosis angustifolia (Sw.) DC. Prodr. 5: 87 (1836).
Elephantosis liatroides Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1: 27 (1835).
Elephantosis quadrifolia Less. Linnaea 4: 323 (1829).
Pseudelephantopus crispus Cabrera Darwiniana 6: 371 (1944), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Elephantopus angustifolius Sw.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Orthopappus angustifolius (Sw.) Gleason	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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