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Internal ID UUID643fd40a33929982182019
Scientific name Pluchea sericea
Authority (Nutt.) Coville
First published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 128 (1893)

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Pluchea sericea, also known as arrowweed or cachanilla, is a rhizomatous evergreen shrub commonly found in riparian areas of the lower Sonoran Desert and surrounding regions. It is most prevalent in the lower Colorado River valley, but can also be found in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, and northern Mexico. This perennial shrub is known for its ability to form dense, impenetrable thickets and is often found along watercourses. Native Americans have traditionally used it for medicinal purposes, such as treating diarrhea and as an eyewash. It also has other practical uses, including thatching, arrowmaking, and as a food source, particularly the edible root. The gum resin that is produced by the plant has also been used by the Papago Indians to make a mending glue for broken pottery.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Pluchea borealis A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts xvii. (1881-82) 212.
Tessaria sericea (Nutt.) Shinners Sida 3: 122 (1967)
Polypappus sericens Nutt. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 22 (1848)
Eremohylema sericea (Nutt.) A.Nelson Univ. Wyoming Publ. Sci., Bot. 1: 54 (1924)
Berthelotia sericea (Nutt.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 154 (1906)
Polypappus sericeus Nutt. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 22 (1848)

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Language Common/alternative name
English arrowweed
Spanish cachanilla
Japanese 現地の植物
Chinese 箭矢野草

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000137180
USDA Plants PLSE
Tropicos 2710868
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:203920-2
The Plant List gcc-97872
Open Tree Of Life 1083086
NCBI Taxonomy 41624
Nature Serve 2.141252
IUCN Red List 126092486
IPNI 203920-2
iNaturalist 78630
GBIF 3132675
Freebase /m/02x7498
EPPO PLUSE
EOL 579073
Calflora (Californian flora) 6654
USDA GRIN 455517
Wikipedia Pluchea_sericea
CMAUP NPO11777

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Green Synthesis of Bioinspired Nanoparticles Mediated from Plant Extracts of Asteraceae Family for Potential Biological Applications Jaison JP, Balasubramanian B, Gangwar J, James N, Pappuswamy M, Anand AV, Al-Dhabi NA, Valan Arasu M, Liu WC, Sebastian JK Antibiotics (Basel) 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10044610
doi:10.3390/antibiotics12030543
PMID:36978410
Towards Conservation of the Remarkably High Number of Daisy Trees (Asteraceae) in Mexico Redonda-Martínez R, Pliscoff P, Moreira-Muñoz A, Martínez Salas EM, Samain MS Plants (Basel) 12-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8000269
doi:10.3390/plants10030534
PMID:33809003
Insecticidal and Nematicidal Contributions of Mexican Flora in the Search for Safer Biopesticides Hernández-Carlos B, Gamboa-Angulo M Molecules 04-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6429201
doi:10.3390/molecules24050897
PMID:30836688
Application and Comparison of the MODIS-Derived Enhanced Vegetation Index to VIIRS, Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 8 OLI Platforms: A Case Study in the Arid Colorado River Delta, Mexico Jarchow CJ, Didan K, Barreto-Muñoz A, Nagler PL, Glenn EP Sensors (Basel) 13-May-2018
PMCID:PMC5981297
doi:10.3390/s18051546
PMID:29757265
CONSTITUENTS OF <i>Pluchea sericea.</i> STRUCTURE AND STEREOCHEMISTRY OF (11<i>S</i>)-11,13-DIHYDROTESSARIC ACID Alfonso Romo De Vivar, Benito Reyes, Guillermo Delgado, Elmer O Schlemper Oxford University Press (OUP) 25-Jul-2006
doi:10.1246/CL.1982.957
Modhephene derivatives from Pluchea sericea Benito Reyes-Trejo, Pedro Joseph-Nathan Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Anthracenes / Anthraquinones
Physcione 10639 Click to see CC1=CC2=C(C(=C1)O)C(=O)C3=C(C2=O)C=C(C=C3O)OC 284.26 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Eremophilane, 8,9-secoeremophilane and furoeremophilane sesquiterpenoids
(2R)-1,2,3,4,6,7,8,8a-Octahydro-8alpha,8aalpha-dimethyl-alpha-methylene-6-oxo-2-naphthaleneacetic acid 14527133 Click to see CC1CC(=O)C=C2C1(CC(CC2)C(=C)C(=O)O)C 248.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1246/CL.1982.957
(2S)-2-[(2R,8S,8aR)-8,8a-dimethyl-6-oxo-1,2,3,4,7,8-hexahydronaphthalen-2-yl]propanoic acid 163016502 Click to see CC1CC(=O)C=C2C1(CC(CC2)C(C)C(=O)O)C 250.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1246/CL.1982.957
2-(8,8a-Dimethyl-6-oxo-1,2,3,4,7,8-hexahydronaphthalen-2-yl)propanoic acid 163016499 Click to see CC1CC(=O)C=C2C1(CC(CC2)C(C)C(=O)O)C 250.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1246/CL.1982.957
Tessaric acid 14527134 Click to see CC1CC(=O)C=C2C1(CC(CC2)C(=C)C(=O)O)C 248.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1246/CL.1982.957
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Triquinane sesquiterpenoids / Angular triquinanes
(2,4,6-Trimethyl-2-tricyclo[3.3.3.01,5]undec-3-enyl)methanol 73066888 Click to see CC1CCC23C1(CCC2)C(=CC3(C)CO)C 220.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7
(2,4,6-Trimethyl-2-tricyclo[3.3.3.01,5]undec-3-enyl)methyl acetate 75037976 Click to see CC1CCC23C1(CCC2)C(=CC3(C)COC(=O)C)C 262.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7
[(1R,2S,5R,6R)-2,4,6-trimethyl-2-tricyclo[3.3.3.01,5]undec-3-enyl]methanol 15479569 Click to see CC1CCC23C1(CCC2)C(=CC3(C)CO)C 220.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7
[(1R,2S,5R,6R)-2,4,6-trimethyl-2-tricyclo[3.3.3.01,5]undec-3-enyl]methyl acetate 15479570 Click to see CC1CCC23C1(CCC2)C(=CC3(C)COC(=O)C)C 262.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7
14-Acetoxymodhephene 100966794 Click to see CC1CCC23C1(CCC2)C(=CC3(C)COC(=O)C)C 262.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7
14-Hydroxymodhephene 100966793 Click to see CC1CCC23C1(CCC2)C(=CC3(C)CO)C 220.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
[(3R,4aR,6aR,6aR,6bR,8aR,12S,12aS,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,8a,12,14b-heptamethyl-11-methylidene-1,2,3,4a,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14a-hexadecahydropicen-3-yl] acetate 93491201 Click to see CC1C2C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CCC2(CCC1=C)C)C)C)(C)C)OC(=O)C)C 468.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1246/CL.1982.957
Betulin 72326 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)CO 442.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Epifriedelanol 119242 Click to see CC1C(CCC2C1(CCC3C2(CCC4(C3(CCC5(C4CC(CC5)(C)C)C)C)C)C)C)O 428.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Friedelin 91472 Click to see CC1C(=O)CCC2C1(CCC3C2(CCC4(C3(CCC5(C4CC(CC5)(C)C)C)C)C)C)C 426.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Hennadiol 489919 Click to see CC1(C2CCC3(C(C2(CCC1O)C)CCC4C3(CCC5(C4C(CC5)C(=C)CO)C)C)C)C 442.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Lupeol 259846 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C 426.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Taraxasterol, acetate 344468 Click to see CC1C2C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CCC2(CCC1=C)C)C)C)(C)C)OC(=O)C)C 468.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1246/CL.1982.957
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives
(3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-Hexamethyl-3-propan-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-yl) acetate 15625668 Click to see CC(C)C1CCC2=C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CCC12C)C)C)(C)C)OC(=O)C)C 468.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7
[(3S,3aS,5aR,5bS,7aR,9S,11aR,11bS)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-3-propan-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-yl] acetate 21582916 Click to see CC(C)C1CCC2=C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CCC12C)C)C)(C)C)OC(=O)C)C 468.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cycloartanols and derivatives
[(1S,3R,6R,7S,8S,11S,12S,15R,16R)-7,12,16-trimethyl-15-[(2R)-6-methyl-5-oxoheptan-2-yl]-6-pentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecanyl] acetate 72708917 Click to see CC1C2CCC3C4(CCC(C4(CCC35C2(C5)CCC1OC(=O)C)C)C(C)CCC(=O)C(C)C)C 470.70 unknown via CMAUP database
1-Dehydroxy-23-deoxojessic acid 3008861 Click to see CC(C)C(=C)CCC(C)C1CCC2(C1(CCC34C2CCC5C3(C4)CCC(C5(C)C(=O)O)O)C)C 470.70 unknown via CMAUP database
3-epi-Cycloeucalenol 44423591 Click to see CC1C2CCC3C4(CCC(C4(CCC35C2(C5)CCC1O)C)C(C)CCC(=C)C(C)C)C 426.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Cycloeucalenone 21594790 Click to see CC1C2CCC3C4(CCC(C4(CCC35C2(C5)CCC1=O)C)C(C)CCC(=C)C(C)C)C 424.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 86821 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7
24-Ethylcholest-5-en-3beta-ol 22012 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7
Beta-Sitosterol 222284 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00634-7
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Phenylketones / Aryl-phenylketones
methyl 3,5-dimethoxy-2-[4-oxo-6-[(E)-prop-1-enyl]-1H-pyridine-3-carbonyl]benzoate 24761002 Click to see CC=CC1=CC(=O)C(=CN1)C(=O)C2=C(C=C(C=C2OC)OC)C(=O)OC 357.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzofurans / Benzofuranones
(r,e)-5-(5,7-Dimethoxy-3-oxo-1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran-1-yl)2-(prop-1-enyl)pyridin-4(1h)-one 24761000 Click to see CC=CC1=CC(=O)C(=CN1)C2C3=C(C=C(C=C3OC)OC)C(=O)O2 327.30 unknown via CMAUP database
5-[(1R)-5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-3-oxo-1H-2-benzofuran-1-yl]-2-[(E)-prop-1-enyl]-1H-pyridin-4-one 24761001 Click to see CC=CC1=CC(=O)C(=CN1)C2C3=C(C=C(C=C3OC)O)C(=O)O2 313.30 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pteridines and derivatives / Alloxazines and isoalloxazines / Flavins
Lumichrome 5326566 Click to see CC1=CC2=C(C=C1C)N=C3C(=N2)C(=O)NC(=O)N3 242.23 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 3-O-methylated flavonoids
Quercetin 3,3'-dimethyl ether 5316900 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC)O 330.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1246/CL.1982.957

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