Ageratina occidentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Eupatorieae
Subtribus: Oxylobinae
Genus: Ageratina
Species: Ageratina occidentalis

Name

Ageratina occidentalis (Hook.) R.M.King & H.Rob., Phytologia 19: 224. 1970.

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Eupatorium occidentale Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 305. 1833.
  • Homotypic
    • Kyrstenia occidentalis (Hook.) Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 9. 1903.
  • Heterotypic
    • Eupatorium berlandieri A.Gray, Rep. U. S. Mex. Bound., Bot. 76. 1819.
    • Eupatorium oregonum Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 7: 286. 1841.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California, Nevada, Utah.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

  • King, R.M. & Robinson, H. 1970. Studies in the Eupatorieae (Compositae). XIX. New combinations in Ageratina. Phytologia 19: 208–229. BHL Reference page. 
  • Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Western Snakeroot
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