Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gamochaeta americana (Mill.) Wedd. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
diuca	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
lechuguilla	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leguén	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
peludillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
plateadita	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
platita	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
quito-quito	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
uira-uira	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:
Leaf, flower		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
leaf, aerial part		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Aerial parts, Dried entire plant, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gamochaeta coarctata (Willd.) Kerguélen Lejeunia, n.s., 120: 104 (1987).
Gamochaeta americana var. alpina Wedd. Chlor. Andina 1: 152 (1856).
Gamochaeta americana subvar. interrupta Wedd. Chlor. Andina 1: 152 (1856).
Gamochaeta americana var. vulgaris Wedd. Chlor. Andina 1: 152 (1856).
Gamochaeta guatemalensis (Gand.) Cabrera Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 9: 371 (1961).
Gamochaeta irazuensis G.L.Nesom Phytologia 68: 199 (1990).
Gamochaeta spicata (Klatt) Cabrera Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 9: 380 (1961), nom. superfl.
Gnaphalium americanum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: [s.p.] (1768).
Gnaphalium coarctatum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1886 (1803).
Gnaphalium consanguineum Gaudich. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 103 (1825).
Gnaphalium guatemalense Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 42 (1918).
Gnaphalium liui S.S.Ying Coloured Ill. Fl. Taiwan 6: 666 (1998).
Gnaphalium purpureum var. americanum (Mill.) Klatt Linnaea 42: 140 (1878).
Gnaphalium purpureum var. macrophyllum Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 39: 97 (1903).
Gnaphalium purpureum var. spicatum Klatt Linnaea 42: 140 (1878).
Gnaphalium radians var. spicatum Klatt Linnaea 42: 140 (1878-1879).
Gnaphalium spicatum Lam. Encycl. 2: 757 (1788), nom. illeg.
Gnaphalium spicatum var. alpinum (Wedd.) Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 31 (1900).
Gnaphalium spicatum var. chonoticum Hook.f. Fl. Antarct. 2: 309 (1846).
Gnaphalium spicatum var. consanguineum Skottsb. Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Sudpol.-Exped. 4(10): 50 (1909).
Gnaphalium spicatum f. consanguineum Skottsb. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 50(3): 55 (1913).
Gnaphalium spicatum var. hololeucum Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 90: 21 (1895).
Gnaphalium spicatum var. interruptum DC. Prodr. 6: 232 (1838).
Gnaphalium spicatum var. sabulosum DC. Prodr. 6: 232 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gamochaeta americana (Mill.) Wedd	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Gamochaeta americana (Mill.) Wedd.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Gamochaeta coarctata (Willd.) Kerguélen	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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