Plant Details

Accepted name:: Andropogon leucostachyus Kunth [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
capim-açu	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
capim-barba-de-bode	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anatherum brasiliense Spreng. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 84 (1840), pro syn.
Anatherum domingense Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 809 (1817).
Anatherum virginicum subvar. leucostachyum (Kunth) Roberty Boissiera 9: 213 (1960).
Andropogon dianae Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 371 (1854).
Andropogon domingensis (Roem. & Schult.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 45 (1821).
Andropogon lanuginosus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 187 (1816).
Andropogon leucostachyus subvar. mas Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 420 (1889).
Andropogon leucostachyus subvar. subvillosus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 420 (1889).
Andropogon leucostachyus subvar. typicus Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(4): 286 (1883), not validly publ.
Andropogon pennatus Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 92 (1840), pro syn.
Andropogon virginicus Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 268 (1832), nom. illeg.
Andropogon virginicus subsp. leucostachyus (Kunth) Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 286 (1883).
Saccharum fasciculatum Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 490 (1841), pro syn.
Sorghum leucostachyum (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Andropogon leucostachyus Kunth	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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