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Ageratina
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Ageratina, commonly known as snakeroot, is a genus of over 300 species of perennials and rounded shrubs in the family Asteraceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
假藿香薊屬（學名：Ageratina）是菊目菊科下的一屬，下有330餘個物種。假藿香薊屬下的物種主要分佈於美洲和西印度群島，其中150餘個物種是墨西哥的野生物種。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,189
- With media
- 172
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- UAZ, FC-UNAM, FCB-BUAP, IEA-UAT
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Research
312 papers- The Genus Ageratina (Asteraceae) in America: An Insight into its Chemistry and Pharmacological Potential.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2023
- Biological properties of active compounds from Ageratina adenophora.SAGE open medicine · 2023
- Calmodulin-Targeting Molecules from Ageratina grandifolia.Journal of natural products · 2023
- Equine Crofton Weed (Ageratina spp.) Pneumotoxicity: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
- Cytotoxic and Antimicrobial Activity of the Ageratina Genus.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species
- Toxicity
- Medicinal use
- References
- External links
Ageratina, commonly known as snakeroot, is a genus of over 300 species of perennials and rounded shrubs in the family Asteraceae.
These plants grow mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas and West Indies. Over 150 species are native to Mexico. Some flourish in the cooler areas of the eastern United States. Two Mexican species have become a pest in parts of Australia and Taiwan. Ageratina used to belong to the genus Eupatorium, but it has been reclassified.
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