Centipeda minima




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Centipeda minima (L.) A. Braun & Aschers
Synonyms Artemisia minima L.; Centipeda minima (L.) O. Kuntze; Centipeda minuta (Lessing) C. B. Clarke; Centipeda minuta (Thunberg) Matsumura & Koidzumi, non (Lessing) C. B. Clarke; Centipeda orbicularis Loureiro; Cotula minima (L.) Willdenow; Cotula orbicularis Loureiro; Dichrocephala schmidii Wight; Grangea minima (L.) Poiret; Myriogyne minuta (G. Forster) Lessing; Sphaeromorphaea centipeda de Candolle
Common name (Japanese common name) to-kin sou [spit out gold weed]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Australia, India
Chromosomal number n=10, 18
Description Plants creeping 5-20cm. Leaves 7-20mm. Flowers involucres 3-4mm, flowering in July to September. Annual plants.
Reference Centipeda minima (L.) A.Braun. & Aschers.
Centipeda minima (L.) A. Br. & Asch.
Substituted phenyl (thiono)carbamates, herbicidal compositions containing the same as active ingredient and method of controlling weeds (US Patent 4491465/1985)
Magnetically influenced homeopathic pharmaceutical formulations, methods of their preparation and methods of their administration (US Patent 5162037/1992)
Therapeutic composition and method for treating skin using Centipeda cunninghami extract (US Patent 5804206/1998)
Diacyloxy propanol derivatives (US Patent 6046354/2000)



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