Plant Details

Accepted name:

Calea ternifolia Kunth [Asteraceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitter-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dog-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mexican calea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
prodigiosa	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
tapabarranco	Other	Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
zacatechichi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Calea hypoleuca B.L.Rob. & Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 32: 24 (1896).
Calea zacatechichi Schltdl. Linnaea 9: 589 (1835).
Alloispermum liebmannii (Sch.Bip. ex Klatt) H.Rob. Phytologia 38: 412 (1978).
Aschenbornia heteropoda S.Schauer Linnaea 19: 716 (1847).
Calea acuminata Standl. & L.O.Williams Ceiba 1: 92 (1950).
Calea acuminata var. xanthactis Standl. & L.O.Williams Ceiba 1: 93 (1950).
Calea albida A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 15: 38 (1880).
Calea dichotoma Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 1438 (1938).
Calea leptocephala S.F.Blake Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 646 (1924).
Calea liebmannii Sch.Bip. ex Klatt Leopoldina 23: 145 (1887).
Calea pringlei B.L.Rob. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 36: 488 (1901).
Calea pringlei var. rubida Greenm. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 272 (1901).
Calea rugosa (DC.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 206 (1881).
Calea salmeifolia (DC.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 206 (1881).
Calea sororia S.F.Blake Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 645 (1924).
Calea tejadae S.F.Blake Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 646 (1924).
Calea ternifolia var. calyculata (B.L.Rob.) Wussow, Urbatsch & G.A.Sullivan Syst. Bot. 10: 256 (1985).
Calea ternifolia var. hypoleuca (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) B.L.Turner Phytologia 65: 140 (1988).
Calea zacatechichi var. calyculata B.L.Rob. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 36: 488 (1901).
Calea zacatechichi var. laevigata Standl. & L.O.Williams Ceiba 1: 93 (1950).
Calea zacatechichi var. macrophylla B.L.Rob. & Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 32: 26 (1896).
Calea zacatechichi var. rugosa (DC.) B.L.Rob. & Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 32: 26 (1896).
Calea zacatechichi var. xanthina Standl. & L.O.Williams Ceiba 1: 94 (1950).
Calydermos rugosus DC. Prodr. 5: 670 (1836).
Calydermos salmeifolius DC. Prodr. 5: 670 (1836).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Calea hypoleuca	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Calea ternifolia H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Calea ternifolia Kunth	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Calea ternifolia Kunth var. ternifolia	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Calea zacatechichi Schl.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Calea zacatechichi Schlechtendhal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Calea zacatechichi Schltdl.	Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

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