Scoparia dulcis

Scoparia dulcis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. dulcis
Binomial name
Scoparia dulcis
Synonyms[1]
  • Ambulia micrantha Raf.
  • Capraria dulcis (L.) Kuntze
  • Gratiola micrantha Nutt.
  • Scoparia grandiflora Nash
  • Scoparia nudicaulis Chodat & Hassl.
  • Scoparia procumbens Jacq.
  • Scoparia purpurea Ridl.
  • Scoparia ternata Forssk.

Scoparia dulcis is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family. Common names include licorice weed,[2] goatweed,[3] scoparia-weed and sweet-broom in English, tapeiçava, tapixaba, and vassourinha in Portuguese, escobillo in Spanish, and tipychä kuratu in Guarani.[4] It is native to the Neotropics but it can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical world.[4]

Although S. dulcis is considered a weed in many parts of India and Bangladesh, its use in traditional medicine has led to overexploitation.[5] The plant is also found as a weed in American citrus groves.[3]

  1. ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 22 May 2016
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Scoparia dulcis​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b Jain, Rakesh; Singh, Megh (1989). "Factors Affecting Goatweed (Scoparia dulcis) Seed Germination". Weed Science. 37 (6): 766–70. doi:10.1017/S0043174500072817. JSTOR 4044996.
  4. ^ a b "Scoparia dulcis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  5. ^ Majumder, S; Rahman, MM; Bhadra, SK (2011). "Micropropagation of Scoparia dulcis Linn. through induction of indirect organogenesis" (PDF). Asia-Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. 19 (1): 11–7.

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