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Kingdom
  
Plantae

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Higher classification
  
Daisy family

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Scientific name
  
Elephantopus

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Genus

Elephantopus Elephantopus Wikipedia

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Elephantopus scaber, Daisy family, Elephantopus mollis, Elephantopus tomentosus, Vernonieae

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Elephantopus is a genus of perennial plants in the daisy family.

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The genus is widespread over much of Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Several species are native to the southeastern United States, and at least one is native to India and the Himalayas.

Elephantopus Elephantopus carolinianus page

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Uses

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Elephantopus scaber is a traditional medicine and other species, including E. mollis and E. carolinianus, have also been investigated for medicinal properties. Elephantopus scaber contains elephantopin which is a germacranolide sesquiterpene lactone containing two lactone rings and an epoxide functional group.

Species

accepted species
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  1. Elephantopus angolensis O.Hoffm. - Angola
  2. Elephantopus arenarius Britton & P.Wilson ex Britton - Cuba
  3. Elephantopus arenosus Krasch. - Brazil
  4. Elephantopus biflorus (Less.) Sch.Bip. - Brazil
  5. Elephantopus carolinianus Raeusch.- southeastern + south-central United States; Cuba, Puerto Rico
  6. Elephantopus dilatatus Gleason - Costa Rica, Panama
  7. Elephantopus elatus Bertol. - southeastern United States
  8. Elephantopus elongatus Gardner - Brazil
  9. Elephantopus hirtiflorus DC. - Brazil, Venezuela
  10. Elephantopus mendoncae Philipson - Angola
  11. Elephantopus micropappus Less. - Brazil
  12. Elephantopus mollis Kunth native to Latin America + West Indies; widely naturalized in tropics of Africa, Asia, Australia, various islands
  13. Elephantopus multisetus O.Hoffm. ex T.Durand & De Wild. - Angola, Zaire, Tanzania
  14. Elephantopus nudatus A.Gray - southeastern + south-central United States, east Texas to Maryland
  15. Elephantopus nudicaulis Poir. - Mexico
  16. Elephantopus palustris Gardner - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  17. Elephantopus piauiensis R.Barros & Semir - Brazil
  18. Elephantopus pratensis C.Wright - Cuba
  19. Elephantopus racemosus Gardner - Brazil
  20. Elephantopus riparius Gardner - Brazil
  21. Elephantopus scaber L. - China, India, southeast Asia, northern Australia; naturalized in Africa, Madagascar, Latin America
  22. Elephantopus senegalensis (Klatt) Oliv. & Hiern- tropical Africa
  23. Elephantopus tomentosus L. - southern United States
  24. Elephantopus vernonioides S. Moore - Africa
  25. Elephantopus virgatus Desv. ex Ham. - Guyana
  26. Elephantopus welwitschii Hiern - Africa

References

Elephantopus Wikipedia


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