Acanthospermum australe

Paraguayan starburr
Acanthospermum australe
'Nova genera et species plantarum', vol. 4: t. 397
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Acanthospermum
Species: A. australe
Binomial name
Acanthospermum australe
(Loefl.) Kuntze
Synonyms[1]
  • Acanthospermum brasilum Schrank
  • Acanthospermum hirsutum DC.
  • Acanthospermum xanthioides (Kunth) DC.
  • Acanthospermum xanthioides var. obtusifolium DC.
  • Centrospermum xanthioides Kunth
  • Echinodium prostratum Poit.
  • Melampodium australe Loefl.
  • Orcya adhaerens Vell.
  • Orcya adhaerescens Vell.

Acanthospermum australe (Paraguayan starburr,[2][3] Ihi kukae hipa, Paraguay bur, Paraquay starbur, Pipili, Sheepbur, Spiny-bur) is an herbaceous plant first described as a species in 1758.[4][5][6][7]

The species is native to South America and introduced in China and in parts of the United States, Canada, South Africa and currently a cosmopolitan pioneer in the tropics and sub-tropics. [8][9][10]

Extracts of Acanthospermum australe have in vitro antiviral activity against herpesvirus and poliovirus,[11] but clinical effects have not been studied.

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze
  2. ↑ Acanthospermum australe. USDA PLANTS Database.
  3. ↑ "Acanthospermum australe". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. ↑ Loefling, Pehr. 1758. Iter Hispanicum 268–269
  5. ↑ Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 303 in German
  6. ↑ Tropicos, Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze
  7. ↑ Acanthospermum australe Germplasm Resources Information Network
  8. ↑ Tropicos specimen listings, Acanthospermum australe
  9. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 37 Acanthospermum australe (Loefling) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 303. 1891.
  10. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  11. ↑ Rocha Martins, LR; Brenzan, MA; Nakamura, CV; Dias Filho, BP; Nakamura, TU; Ranieri Cortez, LE; Garcia Cortez, DA (2011). "In vitro antiviral activity from Acanthospermum australe on herpesvirus and poliovirus". Pharmaceutical biology 49 (1): 26–31. doi:10.3109/13880209.2010.493177. PMID 20819023.