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 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "Baccharis articulata". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Baccharis articulata". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- ^ a b "Hortipedia - Baccharis articulata". fr.hortipedia.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- ^ Fleurentin, Jacques; d'ethnopharmacologie, Société française (1991). Ethnopharmacologie: sources, méthodes, objectifs : actes du 1er Colloque européen d'ethnopharmacologie, Metz, Centre Internationale des Congrès, 23-25 mars 1990 (in French). IRD Editions. p. 357. ISBN 978-2-7099-1038-5.
- ^ a b 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". Natural Product Communications. 6 (7): 993–994. doi:10.1177/1934578X1100600717. ISSN 1934-578X. PMID 21834241. S2CID 20056220.
- ^ Duke, James A. (2008-10-24). Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America. CRC Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-1-4200-4317-4.
- ^ Alvarez, María Alejandra (2019-09-06). Pharmacological Properties of Native Plants from Argentina. Springer Nature. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-3-030-20198-2.
- ^ Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson; Santos, Jean Carlos (2014-06-26). Neotropical Insect Galls. Springer. p. 195. ISBN 978-94-017-8783-3.
- ^ "Distribution, vernacular names, folk medicinal uses and tested biological activity of Baccharis species". scielo.org.co. SciELO Colombia. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Singh, Amritpal (2016-04-19). Compendia of World's Medicinal Flora. CRC Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-4398-4301-7.