Biology:Parthenium

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Short description: Genus of shrubs

Parthenium
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Parthenium hysterophorus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ambrosiinae
Genus: Parthenium
L.
Type species
Parthenium hysterophorus[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Argyrochaeta Cav.
  • Bolophyta Nutt.
  • Echetrosis Phil.
  • Hysterophorus Vaill.
  • Partheniastrum Fabr.
  • Villanova Ortega

Parthenium is a genus of North American annuals, biennials, perennials, subshrubs, and shrubs in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae and subfamily Asteroideae.[4][2][3][5]

The name Parthenium is an evolution of the Ancient Greek name παρθένιον (parthenion), which referred to Tanacetum parthenium.[6][7][8] The name is possibly derived from the Greek word παρθένος (parthenos) which means "virgin".[5]

Members of the genus are commonly known as feverfew.[9] Notable species include guayule (P. argentatum) which has been used as a rubber substitute, especially during the Second World War;[10] and also P. hysterophorus, a serious invasive species in the Old World.[11]

Species

These include:[3]

  • Parthenium alpinum (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray – Arkansas River feverfew - NM CO WY
  • Parthenium argentatum A.Gray – Guayule - Texas , Coahuila, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas
  • Parthenium cineraceum Rollins - Bolivia, Paraguay
  • Parthenium confertum A.Gray – Gray's feverfew - AZ NM Texas Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Tamaulipas
  • Parthenium fruticosum Less. - from Tamaulipas to Chiapas
  • Parthenium hysterophorus L. – Santa Maria feverfew, whitetop weed - widespread in North + South America; as an invasive species in India, Australia, and Africa
  • Parthenium incanum Kunth – mariola - NV UT AZ NM Texas Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas
  • Parthenium integrifolium L. – American feverfew, wild quinine - from Texas to Massachusetts + MN
  • Parthenium ligulatum (M.E. Jones) Barneby – Colorado feverfew - CO UT
  • Parthenium rollinsianum Rzed. - San Luis Potosí
  • Parthenium schottii Greenm. ex Millsp. & Chase - Yucatán
  • Parthenium tomentosum DC. - Oaxaca, Puebla

Importance

In North America, the Jicarilla Apache people used Parthenium incanum for medicine (Opler 1946: 8). The sap of guayule (P. argentatum) is a source of natural rubber.[12] Parthenium hysterophorus is a common invasive species in India, Australia, and parts of Africa. Its pollen can cause allergies and the sap is toxic.

Gallery

Parthenium hysterophorus in Achanakmar Tiger Reserve

References

  1. lectotype designated by N.L. Britton & A. Brown, Ill. fl. n. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 464 (1913)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Parthenium", Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002147?projectid=0 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  4. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 988 in Latin
  5. 5.0 5.1 Strother, John L., "Parthenium", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=124104, retrieved 2011-08-09 
  6. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1940). "A Greek-English Lexicon". A Greek-English Lexicon. Clarendon Press. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry%3Dparqe/nion. 
  7. Dioscorides, Pedanius (2000). Materia Medica. Johannesburg, South Africa: Ibidis Press. pp. 556. https://archive.org/details/Dioscorides_Materia_Medica. 
  8. Dioscorides, Pedanius (1829). Sprengel, Curtius. ed. De Materia Medica. Leipzig. pp. 484. https://books.google.com/books?id=JwAUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA582. 
  9. "Parthenium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=38160. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
  10. Ray, D.T. 1993. Guayule: A source of natural rubber. p. 338-343. In: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds.), New crops. Wiley, New York.
  11. "Parthenium hysterophorus (herb)". Global Invasive Species Database. Invasive Species Specialist Group. 2010-10-04. http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?fr=1&si=153&sts. 
  12. Ray, Dennis T. (1993). "Guayule: A source of natural rubber". New crops (New York: Wiley): 338–343. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-338.html. 
  • Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L.; Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press.  ISBN:0-89672-614-2
  • Opler, Morris E. (1946). Childhood and youth in Jicarilla Apache society. Publications of the Frederick Webb Hodge Anniversary Fund (Vol. 5). Los Angeles: The Southwest Museum Administrator of the Fund.

Further information

Wikidata ☰ Q3236767 entry