| Ageratina wrightii | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Ageratina |
| Species: | A. wrightii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ageratina wrightii | |
| Synonyms [2] [3] | |
Ageratina wrightii (Wright's snakeroot) [4] is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southwestern United States ( New Mexico, southern Arizona, western Texas) and northern Mexico ( Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco). [5]
Etymology
Ageratina is derived from Greek meaning 'un-aging', in reference to the flowers keeping their color for a long time. This name was used by Dioscorides for a number of different plants. [6]
The plant is named for American botanist Charles Wright (1811-1885). [7]
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Ageratina wrightii". NatureServe Explorer Ageratina wrightii. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
- ^ "Ageratina wrightii (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ "Ageratina wrightii". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ageratina wrightii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Nesom, Guy L. (2006). "Ageratina wrightii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 39
- ^ Gray, Asa. 1852. Plantae Wrightianae, Texano-Neo-Mexicanae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, vol 3, number 5, pages 5–146. description of Eupatorium wrightii on page 87
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