Dysphania graveolens
Appearance
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Dysphania graveolens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Dysphania |
Species: | D. graveolens
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Binomial name | |
Dysphania graveolens (Willd.) Mosyakin & Clemants[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Dysphania graveolens, common name fetid goosefoot, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is found from Utah, Arizona and west Texas to Guatemala, Peru and northwest Argentina. It has been introduced elsewhere including the east coast of the United States (Maine, Massachusetts and New York state). It has many synonyms, including Chenopodium graveolens and Dysphania incisa.[2] In 2021, the correct name in Dysphania was said to be Dysphania graveolens,[3] although as of 12 April 2022[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the unpublished name Dysphania incisa.[2]
Uses
[edit]The Zuni people steep the plant in water and inhale the vapor to treat headaches.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dysphania graveolens (Willd.) Mosyakin & Clemants". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ^ a b c "Dysphania incisa (Poir.) ined". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ Mosyakin, Sergei L. (2021). "Nomenclatural and taxonomic comments on some taxa of Dysphania (Chenopodiaceae s. str. / Amaranthaceae s. l.)". Ukrainian Botanical Journal. 78 (4): 266–273. doi:10.15407/ukrbotj78.04.266.
- ^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 45)
Categories:
- Dysphania (plant)
- Flora of Northwest Argentina
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Bolivia
- Flora of central Chile
- Flora of Guatemala
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Peru
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of Utah
- Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
- Plants described in 1809
- Amaranthaceae stubs
- Medicinal plant stubs