Elephantopus mollis

TaxID: 318057

Basic Information

Elephantopus mollis

Soft Elephantsfoot, devil's grandmother

Elephantopus mollis, common names tobacco weed, and soft elephantsfoot, is a tropical species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Elephantopus mollis is native to South America as far south as Jujuy Province in Argentina, as well as the West Indies, Central America, and Mexico as far north as Tamaulipas and Nuevo Le n. It is also naturalized in Australia, south-eastern Asia, some Pacific Islands, and tropical Africa. The species is considered a noxious weed some places. Elephantopus mollis is a coarse perennial herb up to 20 cm (8 inches) tall. Leaves are dark green on the upper side, lighter green on the lower surface, oblanceolate to elliptical, up to 22 cm (9 inches) long. The plant produces arrays of small flower heads, each with only 4 white or pink florets.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asterales

Asteraceae

Elephantopus

mollis

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Sharon Louw@BY-NC
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(c) 林棋欽@BY-NC
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(c) danielaaerts@BY-NC

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 (2 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (80 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Burundi Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Central African Republic Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR13262737 leaves and capitula - - 9403323 China: Taiwan

DNA Barcodes (23 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
MHPAF1166-11 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2010-11-30 10.861, -85.571
MHPAF1165-11 - ITS2 346 Costa Rica 2010-11-30 10.861, -85.571
MHPAF1164-11 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2010-11-30 10.861, -85.571
MHPAD2412-10 - rbcLa 498 Costa Rica 2009-12-01 10.883, -85.474
MHPAD2402-10 - rbcLa 538 Costa Rica 2009-11-26 10.889, -85.476
MHPAD2398-10 - rbcLa 537 Costa Rica 2009-11-26 10.889, -85.476
MHPAD2397-10 - rbcLa 522 Costa Rica 2009-11-26 10.889, -85.476
MHPAD2396-10 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2009-11-26 10.889, -85.476
MHPAD1072-09 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2009-03-17 10.904, -85.303
MHPAD1070-09 - rbcLa 549 Costa Rica 2009-03-17 10.904, -85.303
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Literature