Ambrosia trifida

Ambrosia trifida

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: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ambrosiinae
Genus: Ambrosia
Species: Ambrosia trifida

Name

Ambrosia trifida L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ambrosia trifida var. normalis Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 305 (1891), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Ambrosia aptera DC. in Prodr. 5: 527 (1836)
  • Ambrosia integrifolia Muhl. ex Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 375 (1805)
  • Ambrosia trifida var. aptera Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 305 (1891)
  • Ambrosia trifida var. heterophylla Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 305 (1891)
  • Ambrosia trifida f. integrifolia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Fernald in Rhodora 40: 347 (1938)
  • Ambrosia trifida var. integrifolia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 290 (1842)
  • Ambrosia trifida var. polyploidea J.Rousseau in Naturaliste Canad. 71: 215 (1944)
  • Ambrosia trifida var. texana Scheele in Linnaea 22: 156 (1849)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec, Saskatchewan), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Hidalgo, Queretaro, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 987. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ambrosia trifida. Published online. Accessed: January 30 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ambrosia trifida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ambrosia trifida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Ambrosia trifida. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 30. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ambrosia trifida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Great ragweed
suomi: Sormituoksukki
français: Grande herbe à poux

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