Biology:Baccharis articulata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Baccharis |
| Species: | B. articulata
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| Baccharis articulata (Lam.) Pers.
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Baccharis articulata is a species of shrub in the family Asteraceae.[2]
The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, but was later reclassified by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1807.[3] The species is used for a variety of medical uses and is also native to parts of South America.
Medical uses
It is used in traditional folk medicine for liver diseases.[4] It has also been traditionally used to treat digestive disorders and urinary infections.[5] In Brazil the plant is used to treat diarrhea in cattle.[6]
Distribution
It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[5] It can be found in the Paranaese forest.[7] It was also introduced to Spain.[1]
Flowers
Like almost all baccharis species, Baccharis articulata is dioecious[8] with unisexual flowers. The flowers are visited by Discodon, Apis mellifera, Lucilia sericata, and Ruizantheda divaricata.[2]
In August and September, the plant has multi-petal flowers which are pale greenish yellow.[3]
Common names
In Portuguese, the species goes by the common name carqueja-branca, carqueja-doce, and carquejinha.[2][9]
In English, it goes by the common name salt water false willow.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Baccharis articulata" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/183118-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Hortipedia - Baccharis articulata" (in fr). https://fr.hortipedia.com/Baccharis_articulata.
- ↑ Fleurentin, Jacques; d'ethnopharmacologie, Société française (1991) (in fr). Ethnopharmacologie: sources, méthodes, objectifs : actes du 1er Colloque européen d'ethnopharmacologie, Metz, Centre Internationale des Congrès, 23-25 mars 1990. IRD Editions. pp. 357. ISBN 978-2-7099-1038-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=MbS1cWRteq8C&dq=baccharis+articulata+Spain&pg=PA357.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Torres, Cristina Vanesa; Domínguez, María Julia; Carbonari, José Luis; Sabini, María Carola; Sabini, Liliana Inés; Zanon, Silvia Matilde (2011-07-01). "Study of Antiviral and Virucidal Activities of Aqueous Extract of Baccharis Articulata against Herpes suis virus" (in en). Natural Product Communications 6 (7): 993–994. doi:10.1177/1934578X1100600717. ISSN 1934-578X. PMID 21834241.
- ↑ Duke, James A. (2008-10-24) (in en). Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America. CRC Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-1-4200-4317-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=c8rg6rPsvUYC&dq=Baccharis+articulata&pg=PA85.
- ↑ Alvarez, María Alejandra (2019-09-06) (in en). Pharmacological Properties of Native Plants from Argentina. Springer Nature. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-3-030-20198-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=7eGtDwAAQBAJ&dq=Baccharis+articulata&pg=PA93.
- ↑ Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson; Santos, Jean Carlos (2014-06-26) (in en). Neotropical Insect Galls. Springer. pp. 195. ISBN 978-94-017-8783-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=YwjnAwAAQBAJ&dq=Baccharis+trimera&pg=PA228.
- ↑ "Distribution, vernacular names, folk medicinal uses and tested biological activity of Baccharis species". SciELO Colombia. http://www.scielo.org.co/img/revistas/cal/v29n1/v29n1a3tab1.html.
- ↑ Singh, Amritpal (2016-04-19) (in en). Compendia of World's Medicinal Flora. CRC Press. pp. 90. ISBN 978-1-4398-4301-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=rLTMBQAAQBAJ&dq=Baccharis+articulata&pg=PA325.
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