Ageratina adenophora

TaxID: 176616

Basic Information

Ageratina adenophora

Crofton Weed, Maui pamakani

Ageratina adenophora (synonym Eupatorium adenophorum), commonly known as Crofton weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Mexico. Originally grown as an ornamental plant, it has become invasive into farmland and bushland worldwide. It is toxic to horses, which develop a respiratory disease known as Numinbah horse sickness after eating it.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asterales

Asteraceae

Ageratina

adenophora

Unclassified

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (7 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
China Quarantine pests 2021
Cuba Absent —
EPPO A2 Present —
Guatemala Absent —
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Nicaragua Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (48 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Algeria Present —
Australia Present
Bermuda Present —
Bhutan Present —
Cambodia Present —
Switzerland Present —
China Present
Cabo Verde Present —
Costa Rica Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_042767725.1 Chromosome 3817 1227 70799 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR33640646 stem seedling stage - 24891523 China:Yunnan
SRR33640645 stem seedling stage - 23872596 China:Yunnan
SRR33640644 stem seedling stage - 22815759 China:Yunnan

DNA Barcodes (8 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SDH190-14 - rbcLa 552 United States 1936-05-31 32.691, -117.008
SAFH4397-12 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-08-18 -25.735, 28.24
HOLIN458-12 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-12-01 -33.94045, 18.88997
GBVX1912-13 - rbcL 1431 - - -
GBVT057-13 - rbcL 1389 China - 25.870068, 98.75367
GBVN1208-11 - rbcL 1356 Portugal - 39.675292999999996, -7.9336624
GBITS10391-21 - ITS 798 - - -
GBITS10390-21 - ITS 684 - - -

Literature