Ageratina rothrockii

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Ageratina rothrockii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ageratina
Species:
A. rothrockii
Binomial name
Ageratina rothrockii
Synonyms [1]
  • Eupatorium rothrockiiA.Gray
  • Kyrstenia rothrockii(A.Gray) Greene

Ageratina rothrockii (Rothrock's snakeroot) [2] is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is found only in the southwestern United States in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, as well as the states of Sonora, Coahuila, Chihuahua, and Durango in Mexico. [3] [4]

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. [5]

The species is named for American botanist and forester Joseph Rothrock, 1839–1922. [6]

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<i>Ageratina herbacea</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Ageratina occidentalis</i> Species of flowering plant

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Ageratina paupercula, called the Santa Rita snakeroot, is a North American species of shrubs or perennial herbs in the sunflower family. It is found only in the states of Arizona, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Nayarit, and Jalisco.

Ageratina thyrsiflora is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native mostly to northwestern Mexico. The range extends just barely into the United States, a single herbarium specimen having been collected in 1929 just north of the border town of Nogales, Arizona.

Ageratina wrightii is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

<i>Carex bebbii</i> Species of grass-like plant

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References

  1. "Ageratina rothrockii (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) via The Plant List.
  2. "Ageratina rothrockii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA . Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. Nesom, Guy L. (2006). "Ageratina rothrockii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 21. New York and Oxford via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. "Ageratina rothrockii". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  5. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN   9780521685535 (paperback). pp 39
  6. Gray, Asa 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 102 as Eupatorium rothrockii