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Internal ID UUID643fcb0a2b55b940977213
Scientific name Sphaeranthus africanus
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. ed. 2 2: 1314 (1763)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Sphaeranthus laevigatus Wall. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 369 (1836)
Sphaeranthus glaber DC. Prodr. 5: 370 (1836)
Sphaeranthus africanus var. suberiflorus (Hayata) Yamam. Journal of the Society of Tropical Agriculture 9: 91 1937
Sphaeranthus microcephalus Vatke Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 326 (1875)
Sphaeranthus globosus Wall. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 369 (1836)
Sphaeranthus cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 2: 510 (1790)
Sphaeranthus suberiflorus Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 55 (1919)
Sphaeranthus ovalis Steetz Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 413 (1864)
Sphaeranthus indicus Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46(2): 183 (1877)
Sphaeranthus paniculatus Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 50: 211 (1827)
Sphaeranthus microcephalus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 2395 (1803)
Sphaeranthus hildebrandtii Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxv. (1890) 326.
Sphaeranthus sphenocleoides Oliv. & Hiern Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 333 (1877)

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Language Common/alternative name
English east indian globe thistle
Chinese 戴星草

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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Taiwan
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Cambodia
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Philippines
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • Western Australia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000043225
Tropicos 2703804
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:250492-1
The Plant List gcc-141808
Open Tree Of Life 5794226
NCBI Taxonomy 1231696
IUCN Red List 176878
IPNI 250492-1
iNaturalist 342589
GBIF 3094663
EOL 5124764

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Companion Plants of Tea: From Ancient to Terrace to Forest Wu H, Long X, Geng Y Plants (Basel) 25-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10490072
doi:10.3390/plants12173061
PMID:37687308
Biological Activity of Cyclic Peptide Extracted from Sphaeranthus amaranthoides Using De Novo Sequencing Strategy by Mass Spectrometry for Cancer Yanamadala S, Shanthirappan S, Kannan S, Chiterasu N, Subramanian K, Al-Keridis LA, Upadhyay TK, Alshammari N, Saeed M, Srinivasan GP, Karunakaran R Biology (Basel) 07-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10045366
doi:10.3390/biology12030412
PMID:36979104
Essential Oils from Vietnamese Asteraceae for Environmentally Friendly Control of Aedes Mosquitoes Hoi TM, Satyal P, Huong LT, Hau DV, Binh TD, Duyen DT, Dai DN, Huy NG, Chinh HV, Hoa VV, Hung NH, Setzer WN Molecules 17-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9699393
doi:10.3390/molecules27227961
PMID:36432060
Status and consolidated list of threatened medicinal plants of India Gowthami R, Sharma N, Pandey R, Agrawal A Genet Resour Crop Evol 25-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8148398
doi:10.1007/s10722-021-01199-0
PMID:34054223
Antimicrobial and Efflux Pump Inhibitory Activity of Carvotacetones from Sphaeranthus africanus Against Mycobacteria Tran HT, Solnier J, Pferschy-Wenzig EM, Kunert O, Martin L, Bhakta S, Huynh L, Le TM, Bauer R, Bucar F Antibiotics (Basel) 08-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7400215
doi:10.3390/antibiotics9070390
PMID:32650510
Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Local Tissue Damage Induced by Snake Venoms: An Overview from Traditional Use to Pharmacological Evidence Félix-Silva J, Silva-Junior AA, Zucolotto SM, Fernandes-Pedrosa MD Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 21-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5585606
doi:10.1155/2017/5748256
PMID:28904556
New carvotanacetone derivatives from Sphaeranthus africanus. Ragasa CY, Tsai PW, Galvez CT, Shen CC Planta Med 01-Feb-2010
doi:10.1055/S-0029-1186031
PMID:19670157

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
[(1R,5S,6R)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(2-methylbut-2-enoyloxy)-4-oxo-6-propan-2-ylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl] 2-methylbut-2-enoate 163017383 Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C=C(C(=O)C(C1C(C)C)OC(=O)C(=CC)C)CO 364.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0029-1186031
[(1R,5S,6R)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-4-oxo-6-propan-2-ylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl] (Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoate 145965341 Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C=C(C(=O)C(C1C(C)C)OC(=O)C(=CC)C)CO 364.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0029-1186031
[(1S,5R,6R)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(2-methylbut-2-enoyloxy)-2-oxo-6-propan-2-ylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl] (2R,3R)-2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutanoate 162868466 Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C=C(C(=O)C(C1C(C)C)OC(=O)C(C)(C(C)O)O)CO 398.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0029-1186031
[(1S,5R,6R)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(2-methylbut-2-enoyloxy)-2-oxo-6-propan-2-ylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl] (2R,3R)-2,3-dimethyloxirane-2-carboxylate 163017205 Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C=C(C(=O)C(C1C(C)C)OC(=O)C2(C(O2)C)C)CO 380.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0029-1186031
[(1S,5R,6R)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(2-methylbut-2-enoyloxy)-2-oxo-6-propan-2-ylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl] (2S,3R)-2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutanoate 162868467 Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C=C(C(=O)C(C1C(C)C)OC(=O)C(C)(C(C)O)O)CO 398.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0029-1186031
[(1S,5R,6R)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-2-oxo-6-propan-2-ylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl] (2R,3R)-2,3-dimethyloxirane-2-carboxylate 145970294 Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C=C(C(=O)C(C1C(C)C)OC(=O)C2(C(O2)C)C)CO 380.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0029-1186031
[(1S,5R,6R)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-2-oxo-6-propan-2-ylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl] (2S,3R)-2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutanoate 163193260 Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C=C(C(=O)C(C1C(C)C)OC(=O)C(C)(C(C)O)O)CO 398.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0029-1186031
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones / Sesquiterpene lactones / Germacranolides and derivatives
[(3S,3aS,5S,6Z,10Z,11aS)-3,6,10-trimethyl-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydro-3H-cyclodeca[b]furan-5-yl] acetate 90474440 Click to see CC1C2CC(C(=CCCC(=CC2OC1=O)C)C)OC(=O)C 292.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0029-1186031

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