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Elephantopus scaber (soft elephantsfoot)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Elephantopus scaber is a tropical species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia. It has become naturalized in tropical Africa and Latin America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Elephantopus scaber

Infraspecies

Elephantopus scaber var. angustatus
Elephantopus scaber var. argenteus
Elephantopus scaber var. brevisetus
Elephantopus scaber var. hirsutus
Elephantopus scaber var. penicillatus
Elephantopus scaber var. plurisetus
Elephantopus scaber var. scaber
Elephantopus scaber var. serratus

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Elephantopus scaber

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Predators

Aspidiotus excisus (cyanotis scale)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0