Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pectis elongata Kunth [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alecrim-bravo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
alecrim-do-mato	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
cuminho-bravo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) 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)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chthonia elongata (Kunth) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 27: 206 (1823).
Lorentea polycephala Gardner London J. Bot. 5: 240 (1846).
Pectis elongata var. divaricata Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 60 (1894).
Pectis elongata var. floribunda (A.Rich.) D.J.Keil Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 62: 1229 (1976).
Pectis elongata var. oerstediana (Rydb.) D.J.Keil Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 62: 1227 (1976).
Pectis floribunda A.Rich. Hist. Fis. Cuba 11: 36 (1850).
Pectis oerstediana Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 34(3): 213 (1916).
Pectis plumieri Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 378 (1861).
Pectis polycephala (Gardner) Sch.Bip. in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 309 (1856).
Pectis stricta Willd. ex Less. Linnaea 6: 710 (1831).
Pectis taliscana Benth. Pl. Hartw.: 121 (1843).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pectis elongata H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pectis elongata Kunth	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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