Plant Details

Accepted name:: Baccharis obovata Hook. & Arn. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chilca	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
guantro	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
huautro	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
romerillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
vatrú	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Baccharis foliosa Hook. & Arn. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 30 (1840).
Baccharis obovata var. ecuadorensis Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 591 (1901).
Baccharis obovata subsp. umbelliformis (DC.) F.H.Hellw. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 29: 227 (1990).
Baccharis umbelliformis DC. Prodr. 5: 410 (1836).
Baccharis umbelliformis f. frigida Heering Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst., Beih. 31(3): 156 (1913 publ. 1915).
Baccharis umbelliformis var. typica Heering Schriften Naturwiss. Vereins Schleswig-Holstein 13: 50 (1906), not validly publ.
Baccharis umbelliformis var. vulgaris Heering Schriften Naturwiss. Vereins Schleswig-Holstein 13: 51 (1906).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Baccharis obovata Hook. & Arn.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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