Cyanthillium cinereum

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Cyanthillium cinereum
Cyanthillium cinereum in Kadavoor.jpg
In Kadavoor, Kerala, India
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cyanthillium
Species:
C. cinereum
Binomial name
Cyanthillium cinereum
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Conyza cinereaL.
  • Serratula cinerea(L.) Roxb.
  • Vernonia cinerea(L.) Less.
  • Cacalia cinerea(L.) Kuntze
  • Cyanopis erigeroidesDC.
  • Eupatorium myosotifoliumJacq.
  • Seneciodes cinereum(L.) Kuntze ex Kuntze
  • Vernonia cyanonioidesWalp.
  • Vernonia dendigulensisDC.
  • Vernonia diffusaDecne.
  • Vernonia erigeroides(DC.) DC.
  • Vernonia lentiiVolk. & O.Hoffm.
  • Vernonia leptophyllaDC.
  • Vernonia montanaHook.f.
  • Vernonia parvifloraReinw.
  • Vernonia physalifoliaDC.
  • Vernonia rhomboidesEdgew.
  • Vernonia villosaW.F.Wright
Cyanthillium cinereum - flower head Cyanthillium cinereum - flower.JPG
Cyanthillium cinereum - flower head

Cyanthillium cinereum (also known as little ironweed and poovamkurunnal or poovamkurunnila in Malayalam, and monara kudumbiya in Sinhalese) is a species of perennial plants in the sunflower family. The species is native to tropical Africa and to tropical Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, etc.) and has become naturalized in Australia, Mesoamerica, tropical South America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Cyanthillium cinereum is an annual herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. It produces flat-topped arrays of numerous flower heads, each with pinkish or purplish disc florets but no ray florets. [8] The species can be confused with Emilia sonchifolia , but the flower bracts of the latter are much longer and vase-shaped.[ citation needed ]

Cyanthillium cinereum has been used for smoking cessation in Thailand and other countries, and as relief for the common cold. [9]

It used to be called Vernonia cinerea, but apparently there was a taxonomic update, sometime prior to early 2014.

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References

  1. The Plant List, Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob.
  2. "Open Source for Weed Assessment in Lowland Paddy Fields". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  3. "Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  4. Atlas of Living Australia [ permanent dead link ]
  5. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
  6. Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
  7. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  8. 1 2 Flora of North America, Cyanthillium cinereum (Linnaeus) H. Robinson
  9. Wongwiwatthananukit, Supakit (January 2009). "Efficacy of Vernonia cinerea for smoking cessation". Journal of Health Research. Bangkok, Thailand: College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University. 23 (1): 31–6.

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