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Taxon: Ageratum houstonianum Mill.

 
Genus: Ageratum
Family: Asteraceae (alt.Compositae)
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Subtribe: Ageratinae
Nomen number: 1761
Place of publication: Gard. dict. ed. 8: Ageratum no. 2. 1768
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 01-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 10 (4 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Common names:

  • ageratum  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
  • blue billygoat-weed  (Source: Econ Pl Aust) - English
  • bluemink  (Source: F NAmer) - English
  • flossflower  (Source: F BritStace) - English
  • Mexican ageratum  (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - English
  • Mexikaanse ageratum  (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - Afrikaans
  • ageratum du Mexique  (Source: UPOV) - French
  • mexikanischer Leberbalsam  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
  • agérato  (Source: UPOV) - Spanish
  • ageratum  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
  • zi hua huo xiang ji  (Source: F Taiwan) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental; ornamental
  • Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

    Southern America
    • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Honduras


    Cultivated (also cult.)

    Naturalized

    Africa
    • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
    • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
    • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
    • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
    • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Zambia
    • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa
    • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

    Asia-Temperate
    • CAUCASUS: Georgia
    • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
    • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal
    • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
    • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand

    Australasia
    • AUSTRALIA: Australia
    • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

    Northern America
    • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Massachusetts]
    • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

    Pacific
    • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
    • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji

    Southern America
    • CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala
    • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Suriname, Venezuela
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador, Peru


References:

  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
  2. Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
  3. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  4. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
  5. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  6. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  7. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  8. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  9. Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
  10. Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
  11. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  12. Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
  13. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
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  16. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  17. Johnson, M. F. 1971. A monograph of the genus Ageratum L. (Compositae - Eupatorieae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:21-25.
  18. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
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  24. Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
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  28. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  29. Turner, B. L. 1997. The comps of Mexico: a systematic account of the family Asteraceae. Volume 1: Eupatoreae. Phytologia Mem. 11:54.
  30. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  31. Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource). URL: http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/asteraceae/ageratum-houstonianum/fichas/pagina1.htm target='_blank'
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Check other web resources for Ageratum houstonianum Mill. :

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
  • SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.

Images:

  • Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2020. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=1761. Accessed 13 July 2020.