Ageratina thyrsiflora
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| genus = Ageratina
| species = thyrsiflora
| authority = (Greene) R.M.King & H.Rob.
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| synonyms =
- Eupatorium thyrsiflorum (Greene) B.L.Rob.
- Kyrstenia thyrsiflora Greene
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Ageratina thyrsiflora is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native mostly to northwestern Mexico (states of Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Sinaloa, and Sonora). The range extends just barely into the United States, a single herbarium specimen having been collected in 1929 just north of the border town of Nogales, Arizona.{{eFloras|1|250066023|Ageratina thyrsiflora |first=Guy L. |last=Nesom |volume=21}}{{BONAP |genus=Ageratina |species=thyrsiflora |date=2014}}Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
Etymology
Ageratina is derived from Greek meaning 'un-aging', in reference to the flowers keeping their color for a long time. This name was used by Dioscorides for a number of different plants. Thyrsiflora is derived from the Ancient Greek {{Lang|grc-Latn|thyrsos}} ({{Lang|grc|θύρσος}}; meaning a 'contracted panicle, wreath, or thyrsos') and the Latin {{Lang|la|floris}} (gen. 'flower'), and so, thyrsiflora means approximately 'with flowers arranged in the shape of a contracted panicle or thyrsos staff'.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|9780521866453}} (hardback), {{ISBN|9780521685535}} (paperback). pp 39, 168
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Category:Plants described in 1903
Category:Flora of Northwestern Mexico
Category:Flora of Southwestern Mexico
Category:Flora of Northeastern Mexico
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