Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Sparganophorus obtusifolius Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl. : 25 (1816). Type: ‗Hab. in N[ova]. H[ispania]. 0‘ Holotype:
probably MA if extant.
Cacalia mentrasto Vell., Fl. Flum.: 339 (1825)[7 Sept. - 28 Nov. 1829]; Fl. Flum. Icones 8: tab. 69 (1831). Type:
‗Habitat maritimis, mediterraneisque. Floret Aug.‘
Ageratum cordifolium Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 415 (1832). Type: ‗Beng.[al] Oochunti. [sic!]‘ Holotype: ?BM.
Ageratum conyzoides L. var. hirtum (Lam.) DC., Prodr. 5: 108 (1836).
Ageratum brachystephanum Regel, Gartenflora 3: 245, t. 108 (1854). Type: ‗… Wagener aus Colombia …
Caracas.‘ Holotype: ?LE.
Ageratum suffruticosum Regel, Gartenflora 3: 389, t. 108 (1854). Type: ‗Die beistehende Abbildung is nach
einem Exemplar gemacht, das ins freie Land gepflanzt, im Garten des Herrn Frôbel prächtig blùhete.‘
Ageratum nanum Sch.Bip. in Koch & Fintelm., Wochenschr. Gart. Pflanzenk. 1: 26 (1858), nom. nud.
Ageratum muticum Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. : 356 (1861). Type: ‗HAB. Jamaica!, Wullschl., March; [Cuba!, Peru!]‘
[Note square brackets in original!] Syntypes: ?. Note: one syntype, March 1354, is in K and one annotated
sheet, but lacking collector, may represent a Wullschlagel collection. Wright 1631 is proposed as a syntype in
GOET.
Ageratum odoratum Vilm., Fl. Pl. Terre, ed. 2 : 42 (1866). [This edtion of the work not found.] Note: Ed. 3 cited
‗A. odoratum, Hort. Vilmor./Syn. lat. Ageratum conyzoides, Lin., var., A. album, Steud.‘]
Carelia conyzodes [sic! – possible orth. error to be corrected?](L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 325 (1891).
Carelia conyzodes [sic!] (L.) Kuntze [unranked] robusta Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 325 (1891). Types: ‗St.
Thomas, Portorico.‘ Syntypes: NY. [PUERTO RICO. Caguas, 8 Mar 1874, Kuntze 235. VIRGIN ISLANDS. St.
Thomas, Feb 1874, Kuntze 116. – according to Wetter & Zanoni (1985: 329)] Syntype (Kuntze 116): NY
(00115549). Syntype (Kuntze 235): NY (00115550).
Carelia conyzodes (L.) Kuntze [ robusta Kuntze] var. alba Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 325 (1891). Type:
?‘Honkong, Batavia.‘ Note: No material was cited by Wetter & Zanonia (1985).
Carelia conyzodes (L.) Kuntze [unranked] umbrosa Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 325 (1891). Type: ?‗Hongkong.‘
Note: No material was cited by Wetter & Zanoni (1985).
Carelia conyzodes (L.) Kuntze [ umbrosa Kuntze] var. coerulea Kuntze, Revis. gen. Pl. 1: 325 (1891). Type:
‗Honk Kong.‘ Holotype: NY (00163096). Note: According to Wetter & Zanoni (1985: 329) this specimen is
‗CHINA. Hong Kong, [Victoria Peak], 27 Jan 1875, Kuntze 3404.‘
Carelia conyzodes (L.) Kuntze [unranked] pusilla Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 325 (1891). Type: ?‗Turong in
Anam.‘ Note: No material was cited by Wetter & Zanoni (1985). See following name.
Carelia conyzodes (L.) Kuntze [ pusilla Kuntze] var. alba Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 325 (1891). Type: ? Wetter &
Zanoni (1985: 329) cited the type as ‗VIETNAM. Turong [= Da Nang], 24 Feb 1875, Kuntze 3598‘, Holotype:
NY (00163097).
Carelia brachystephana (Regel) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 325 (1891).
Carelia mutica (Griseb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 325 (1891).
Ageratum conyzoides L. var. inaequipaleaceum Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 44 (1895). Type: ‗Colombia: crescit
ad margines silvarum densarum prope Pacho prov. Cundinamarca, alt. s. m. 1600–2200 m ([Lehmann] n.
7482). – Floret mense Januario.‘ Holotype: Bú, but strangely cited as ‗Holotype: GH; isotype: NY.‘ by
Johnson. The material in GH (745) is a fragment of the holotype!
Ageratum conyzoides L. f. album (Willd.) B. L. Rob., Contr. Gray Herb. 42: 462 (1913).
Ageratum humile Larrañ., Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 1: 406 (1922), nom. illeg., later hom., non Salisbury (1796).
Ageratum arsenei B. L. Rob., Contr. Gray Herb. 64: 3 (1922). Type: ‗MEXICO: Cercado near Monterey, Bro.
Arsène, 12/11 1911‘. Holotype: K; isotype: GH (642 – ‗slight fragment‘ from the material in K).
A widespread pantropical weed, indicated by Johnson (1971: 29) as a native of South and Central America
but extremely widely introduced. It remains to be seen if both of Johnson‘s subspecies are present in Bolivia.
Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija).
Disturbed areas, especially along roadsides, cultivated areas, cattle middens, etc.
0–3000 m.
Flowering throughout the year.
La Paz: Britton (1891) cited ‗Mapiri, 5,000 ft. ([Rusby] 1643).‘
Santa Cruz: Wood et al. 24074 (K, USZ).
Note: Kuntze‘s infraspecific ranks are extremely difficult to interpret; his first entry would rank his
‗[unranked] robusta’ higher than his ‗var. alba’. Johnson (1971) stated that they were ‗quite probably merely
local responses to ecological conditions, they cannot be accorded taxonomic rank.‘