Elephantopus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Vernonieae
Subtribus: Elephantopinae
Genus: Elephantopus
Species: E. angolensis – E. arenarius – E. biflorus – E. arolinianus – E. dilatatus – E. elatus – E. elongatus – E. erectus – E. hirtiflorus – E. mendoncae – E. micropappus – E. mollis – E. multisetus – E. nudatus – E. nudicaulis – E. palustris – E. piauiensis – E. pratensis – E. racemosus – E. riparius – E. scaber – E. senegalensis – E. tomentosusE. arolinianus - E. mollis - E. nudatus - E. scaber - E. tomentosus

Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Elephantopus L., 1753

Type species: Elephantopus scaber L.

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 814. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Elephantopus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Elephantopus. Published online. Accessed: May 28 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Elephantopus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 28.
Tropicos.org 2018. Elephantopus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 28.

Vernacular names
русский: Элефантопус

Elephantopus is a genus of perennial plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae).[4][5][6]

The genus is widespread over much of Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and the Americas.[3] Several species are native to the southeastern United States,[7][8] and at least one is native to India and the Himalayas.[9][10][11]
Uses

Elephantopus scaber is a traditional medicine[12] and other species, including E. mollis[13] and E. carolinianus,[14] have also been investigated for medicinal properties. Elephantopus scaber contains elephantopin which is a germacranolide sesquiterpene lactone containing two lactone rings and an epoxide functional group.[15]
Species

accepted species[3]

Elephantopus angolensis O.Hoffm. - Angola
Elephantopus arenarius Britton & P.Wilson ex Britton - Cuba
Elephantopus arenosus Krasch. - Brazil
Elephantopus biflorus (Less.) Sch.Bip. - Brazil
Elephantopus carolinianus Raeusch.- southeastern + south-central United States; Cuba, Puerto Rico
Elephantopus dilatatus Gleason - Costa Rica, Panama
Elephantopus elatus Bertol. - southeastern United States
Elephantopus elongatus Gardner- Brazil
Elephantopus hirtiflorus DC. - Brazil, Venezuela
Elephantopus mendoncae Philipson - Angola
Elephantopus micropappus Less.- Brazil
Elephantopus mollis Kunth native to Latin America + West Indies; widely naturalized in tropics of Africa, Asia, Australia, various islands
Elephantopus multisetus O.Hoffm. ex T.Durand & De Wild. - Angola, Zaire, Tanzania
Elephantopus nudatus A.Gray - southeastern + south-central United States, east Texas to Maryland
Elephantopus nudicaulis Poir. - Mexico
Elephantopus palustris Gardner - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
Elephantopus piauiensis R.Barros & Semir - Brazil
Elephantopus pratensis C.Wright - Cuba
Elephantopus racemosus Gardner- Brazil
Elephantopus riparius Gardner- Brazil
Elephantopus scaber L.- China, India, southeast Asia, northern Australia; naturalized in Africa, Madagascar, Latin America
Elephantopus senegalensis (Klatt) Oliv. & Hiern- tropical Africa
Elephantopus tomentosus L. - southern United States
Elephantopus vernonioides S. Moore - Africa
Elephantopus virgatus Desv. ex Ham. - Guyana
Elephantopus welwitschii Hiern - Africa

References

"187d. Asteraceae Martinov tribe Vernonieae Cassini". Flora of North America.
Baker, C. F. 1902. A revision of the Elephantopeae--1. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 12: 43-56 in English
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 814 in Latin
Baker, C. F. 1902. A revision of the Elephantopeae--1. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 12: plate IX line drawings of fruits of several species of Elephantopus and Pseudelephantopus (captions on page 56)
Clonts, J. A. 1972. A Revision of the Genus Elephantopus Including Orthopappus and Pseudelephantopus (Compositae). Ph.D. thesis. Mississippi State University.
"Elephantopus L." United States Department of Agriculture plants profile.
Flora of North America, Elephant’s foot, Elephantopus Linnaeus
Press, J.R.; Shrestha, K.K. & Sutton, D.A. "Elephantopus L." Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 368 地胆草属 di dan cao shu Elephantopus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 814. 1753.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Poli, A; Nicolau, M; Simoes, Cm; Nicolau, Rm; Zanin, M (August 1992). "Preliminary pharmacologic evaluation of crude whole plant extracts of Elephantopus scaber. Part I: in vivo studies". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 37 (1): 71–6. doi:10.1016/0378-8741(92)90005-C. ISSN 0378-8741. PMID 1453704.
Tabopda, Tk; Liu, J; Ngadjui, Bt; Luu, B (Apr 2007). "Cytotoxic triterpene and sesquiterpene lactones from Elephantopus mollis and induction of apoptosis in neuroblastoma cells". Planta Medica. 73 (4): 376–80. doi:10.1055/s-2007-967132. ISSN 0032-0943. PMID 17366372.
Lee, Kh; Cowherd, Cm; Wolo, Mt (September 1975). "Antitumor agents. XV: Deoxyelephantopin, an antitumor principle from Elephantopus carolinianus Willd". Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 64 (9): 1572–3. doi:10.1002/jps.2600640938. ISSN 0022-3549. PMID 1185584.
Rajkapoor B, Jayakar B, Anandan R (Jan–Feb 2002). "Antitumor activity of Elephantopus scaber linn against Dalton's ascitis lymphoma". Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 64 (1): 71–3. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30.