Plant Details

Accepted name:: Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Kuntze [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aibe	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
colita peluda	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
espartillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
paja amarga	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pasto amargo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Dried entire plant, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 41 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Elionurus adustus (Trin.) Ekman Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo 13(10): 6 (1913).
Elionurus argenteus Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 95 (1841).
Elionurus candidus (Trin.) Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 306 (1883).
Elionurus latiflorus (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 307 (1883).
Anatherum megapotamicum Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 32 (1827).
Andropogon adustus Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 259 (1832).
Andropogon caespitosus A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 451 (1850).
Andropogon candidus Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 260 (1832).
Andropogon chlorostachys Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 260 (1832).
Andropogon dubius Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 166 (1829), nom. superfl.
Andropogon latiflorus Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 364 (1854).
Andropogon rostratus Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 261 (1832).
Andropogon tenuifolius Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 365 (1854), pro syn.
Andropogon thymiodorus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 365 (1854).
Elionurus adustus var. calvescens (Hack.) Hicken Darwiniana 1: 107 (1924).
Elionurus argenteus var. caespitosus (A.Rich.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 340 (1889).
Elionurus argenteus var. genuinus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 340 (1889), not validly publ.
Elionurus argenteus var. thymiodorus (Nees) Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 333 (1898).
Elionurus candidus var. bisetosus Hack. ex Lindm. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 34(6): 550 (1900).
Elionurus candidus var. latiflorus (Nees ex Steud.) Roberty Boissiera 9: 264 (1960).
Elionurus chevalieri Stapf Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 100 (1908).
Elionurus ciliaris Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 356 (1829), nom. illeg.
Elionurus glaber E.Phillips Bothalia 3: 261 (1937).
Elionurus glaber var. villosus E.Phillips Bothalia 3: 261 (1937).
Elionurus gobariensis Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 13: 326 (1922).
Elionurus latiflorus var. adustus (Trin.) Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 307 (1883).
Elionurus latiflorus var. calvescens Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 337 (1889).
Elionurus latiflorus var. genuinus Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(4): 307 (1883), not validly publ.
Elionurus latiflorus var. gracilescens Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 337 (1889).
Elionurus latiflorus var. pectinatus Hack. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 369 (1909).
Elionurus marunguensis J.Duvign. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 90: 240 (1958).
Elionurus megapotamicus (Spreng.) Herter Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 135 (1940).
Elionurus muticus var. calvescens (Hack.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 350 (1898).
Elionurus muticus var. gracilescens (Hack.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 350 (1898).
Elionurus pretoriensis E.Phillips Bothalia 3: 262 (1937).
Elionurus prostratus Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 480 (1833), orth. var.
Elionurus rostratus Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 357 (1829).
Elionurus thymiodorus Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 95 (1841).
Elionurus tripsacoides subvar. rostratus (Nees) Roberty Boissiera 9: 260 (1960).
Elionurus viridulus Hack. ex Stuck. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, ser. 3, 6: 414 (1906).
Lycurus muticus Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 32 (1827).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Elionurus argenteus Nees.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Elionurus candidus (Trin.) Hack.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Elionurus latiflorus Nees	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Ktze	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Kunth	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Kuntze	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Elyonurus adustus (Trin.) Ekman	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Elyonurus argenteus Nees	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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