Taxon:
Scoparia dulcis L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:116. 1753
Verified:
06/01/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
- Barringer, K. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
- Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
- Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
scoparia-weed – sweet-broom – Portuguese (Brazil)
tapeiçava – tapixaba – tupixava – vassourinha – vassourinha-doce – vassourinha-miúda – Spanish
escobilla –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. in tropics & subtropics |
6 | Other | | | | | origin neotropics |
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics & subtropics)
Other
(origin neotropics)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | fide K. Barringer, pers. comm.; CRC MedHerbs ed2 | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds |