Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ambrosia artemisioides Meyen & Walp. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
altamisa	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Stem		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

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

Ambrosia fruticosa var. intermedia DC. Prodr. 5: 526 (1836).
Ambrosia tacorensis Meyen Reise Erde 1: 456 (1834).
Franseria fruticosa Phil. Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 2(Bot. 8): 50 (1891).
Franseria meyeniana Sch.Bip. Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 54 (1856).
Franseria recurva Rusby Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 131 (1912).
Franseria tacorensis Meyen & Walp. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 268 (1843).
Gaertneria meyeniana (Sch.Bip.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 339 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ambrosia artemisioides Meyen & Walp.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ambrosia artemisioides Meyen & Walp. ex Meyen	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ambrosia artemisioides Meyen & Walpers ex Meyen	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

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