Ageratina jucunda

Ageratina jucunda, called the Hammock snakeroot, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is found only in the southeastern United States, in the states of Georgia and Florida.[3][4]

Ageratina jucunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ageratina
Species:
A. jucunda
Binomial name
Ageratina jucunda
(Greene) Clewell & Wooten
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Ageratina aromatica var. incisa (A.Gray) C.F.Reed
  • Eupatorium aromaticum var. incisum A.Gray
  • Eupatorium incisum (A.Gray) Chapm. 1897 not Rich. 1792 nor Griseb. 1866
  • Eupatorium jucundum Greene
  • Eupatorium suaveolens Chapm. 1878 not Kunth 1818 nor Wall. 1831
  • Kyrstenia jucunda (Greene) Greene

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.[5]

References
  1. "Ageratina jucunda (Greene) Clewell & Wooten". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.
  2. "Ageratina jucunda (Greene) Clewell & Wooten". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  3. Nesom, Guy L. (2006). "Ageratina jucunda". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 21. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. "Ageratina jucunda". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  5. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 39


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