Biology:Parastrephia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Parastrephia | |
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| Parastrephia sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Baccharidinae |
| Genus: | Parastrephia Nutt. |
| Type species | |
| Parastrephia ericoides (syn of P. lucida)[1] Nutt.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Parastrephia is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
Some Parastrephia species are allegedly used in traditional medicine. For example, Parastrephia lucida is used in the highlands of the Andes to relieve toothache, for bone fractures and bruises, and as a vulnerary.[4]
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:[5]
- Parastrephia lepidophylla (Wedd.) Cabrera - Argentina , Bolivia
- Parastrephia lucida (Meyen) Cabrera - Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile , northwestern Argentina
- Parastrephia phyliciformis (Meyen) Cabrera - Bolivia
- Parastrephia quadrangularis (Meyen) Cabrera - Bolivia, northern Chile , northwestern Argentina
- Parastrephia teretiuscula (Kuntze) Cabrera - Bolivia, Antofagasta Region of northern Chile
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 449–450 in English
- ↑ Tropicos, Parastrephia Nutt.
- ↑ "Antimicrobial phenylpropanoids from the Argentinean highland plant Parastrephia lucida (Meyen) Cabrera". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 142 (2): 407–414. 2012. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2012.05.010. PMID 22735664.
- ↑ "Parastrephia Nutt.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:10399-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q5194821 entry
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