Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pseudognaphalium cheiranthifolium (Lam.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
marcela	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
marcela macho	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
marcelita	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
vira-vira	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flower + leaf + stem, Flowers + leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gnaphalium cheiranthifolium Lam. Encycl. 2: 752 (1788).
Gnaphalion dysodum St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 127 (1880).
Gnaphalium acutifolium Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 90: 12 (1895).
Gnaphalium araucanum Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 43: 502 (1873).
Gnaphalium cheiranthemifolium Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 419 (1807).
Gnaphalium cheiranthifolium f. citrinum (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 151 (1898).
Gnaphalium cheiranthifolium var. multiflorum J.Kost. Blumea 5: 655 (1945).
Gnaphalium cheiranthifolium var. paniculatum Skottsb. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 51(9): 5 (1914).
Gnaphalium cheiranthifolium var. riedelianum (Klatt) Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(3): 122 (1882).
Gnaphalium cheiranthifolium var. subrufescens (DC.) Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(3): 122 (1882).
Gnaphalium cheiranthifolium var. typicum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 151 (1898), not validly publ.
Gnaphalium citrinum Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 31 (1830).
Gnaphalium ecuadorense Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 347 (1895).
Gnaphalium ecuadorense var. boliviense Cuatrec. Anales Univ. Madrid, Ci. 4(2): 223 (1935).
Gnaphalium gaudichaudianum var. subrufescens DC. Prodr. 6: 226 (1838).
Gnaphalium paniculatum Colla Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 38: 17 (1835).
Gnaphalium pellitum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 63 (1818).
Gnaphalium regnellii Sch.Bip. Linnaea 30: 180 (1859).
Gnaphalium riedelianum Klatt Linnaea 42: 115 (1878).
Gnaphalium valdivianum Phil. Linnaea 29: 6 (1858).
Gnaphalium valdiviense Sch.Bip. Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 55 (1856), nom. nud.
Gnaphalium viscosum Poepp. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 223 (1838).
Pseudognaphalium pellitum (Kunth) Anderb. Opera Bot. 104: 147 (1991).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gnaphalium cheiranthifolium Lam.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Pseudognaphalium cheiranthifolium (Lam.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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