Plant Details

Accepted name:: Muhlenbergia macroura (Kunth) Hitchc. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
zacatón	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Epicampes macroura Benth. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 87 (1881).
Cinna setifolia (J.Presl) Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 64 (1829).
Crypsinna macroura E.Fourn. ex Benth. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 87 (1881), pro syn.
Crypsinna setifolia E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 90 (1886), pro syn.
Crypsis macroura Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 140 (1816).
Crypsis setifolia J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 245 (1830).
Phleum macrourum Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 365 (1840), pro syn.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Epicampes macrura	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Muhlenbergia macroura (Kunth) A. Hitchc.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Muhlenbergia macroura (Kunth) Hitchc.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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