Parthenium

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Parthenium
Guayule, Parthenium argentatum
Guayule, Parthenium argentatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Parthenium

Parthenium is a genus in the family Asteraceae. Notable species in this genus include the Guayule. Native to tropical Americas, Parthenium is an aggressive weed invading all disturbed land, including farms, pastures, and roadsides. Contact with this plant causes dermatitis and respiratory malfunction in humans, dermatitis in cattle and domestic animals, due to the presence of toxin Parthenin.[1][2]

This plant has been declared a weed of national significance in Australia and India. [3]

The Jicarilla used Parthenium incanum for medicine (Opler 1946: 8).

[edit] Pictures

Parthenium hysterophorus

Parthenium integrifolium, Wild quinine

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Parthenium
  2. ^ The Hindu : Integrated weed management for parthenium
  3. ^ http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/dps/version02/01_plantview.asp?page=6&contentID=47&

[edit] References

  • Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L., Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press.  ISBN 0-89672-614-2
  • Opler, Morris E. (1946). Childhood and youth in Jicarilla Apache society. Publications of the Frederick Webb Hodge Anniversary Fund (Vol. 5). Los Angeles: The Southwest Museum Administrator of the Fund.


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