Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pluchea sagittalis (Lam.) Cabrera [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cuatro cantos	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
hierba lucera	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
lucera	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
lusera	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
madrecravo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
quitoc	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
quitoco	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
entire plant, leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant, leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Aerial parts, Dried leaf, Entire plant, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pluchea quitoc DC. Prodr. 5: 450 (1836).
Pluchea suaveolens (Vell.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 168 (1898).
Conyza brasiliensis Steetz in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 455 (1864).
Conyza quitoc (DC.) Peterm. Pflanzenreich: 392 (1845).
Conyza sagittalis Lam. Encycl. 2: 94 (1786).
Gnaphalium suaveolens Vell. Fl. Flumin. 8: t. 100 (1829).
Placus suaveolens (Vell.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 8: 303 (1882).
Pluchea tweediei Hook. & Arn. ex Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(3): 106 (1882).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pluchea quitoc DC.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Pluchea sagittalis (Lam.) Cabrera	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pluchea suaveolens (Vell.) O.Ktze.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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