Acanthospermum hispidum

Acanthospermum hispidum (bristly starbur, goat's head, hispid starburr, starbur) is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae, which is native to Central and South America.[1][2][3] This plant is cited as a weed in cotton culture in Brazil, and it is also used as a medicinal plant. It is also naturalized in many scattered places in Eurasia, Africa, and North America[4][5][6][7] It is naturalized in Australia and is a declared weed in Western Australia.[8]

Acanthospermum hispidum
in Goa, India.
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A. hispidum
Binomial name
Acanthospermum hispidum
D.C. 1836 not A.Chev. 1920

References

  1. Berendsohn, W.G.; Araniva de González, A.E. (1989). "Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Dicotyledonae, Sympetalae (pro parte): Labiatae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, Pedaliaceae, Martyniaceae, Gesneriaceae, Compositae". Cuscatlania. 1 (3): 290:1–290:13.
  2. Cabrera, A.L. (1978). Cabrera, A.L. (ed.). Compositae. 10. Buenos Aires: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. pp. 1–726.
  3. Serrano, M.; Terán, J. (1998). Identific. Esp. Veg. Chuquisaca. Sucre: PLAFOR, Intercooperación, Fundación Ceibo. pp. 1–129.
  4. "Acanthospermum hispidum de Candolle". Flora of North America. 21. p. 37.
  5. "刺苞果 ci bao guo Acanthospermum hispidum". Flora of China. 20-21. p. 865.
  6. Wild, H (1967). "The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 1". Kirkia. 6 (1): 1–62.
  7. Humbert, H. (1941). "Contributions a l'etude de la flore de Madagascar et des Comores (fascicule 2)". Notul. Syst. Paris. 9: 95–111.
  8. "Australian Weed Profile: Acanthospermum hispidum". profiles.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2020-07-31.

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