Lechuguilla: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Lechuguilla in Latin America is the name of a plant defined with Taraxacum officinale in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Leontodon latiloba (DC.) Britton (among others).
2) Lechuguilla in Mexico is also identified with Agave lecheguilla It has the synonym Agave poselgeri Salm-Dyck (etc.).
3) Lechuguilla in South America is also identified with Eichhornia crassipes It has the synonym Piaropus mesomelas Raf. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum Pl. (Martius) (1823)
· Flora Britannica (1802)
· Deutsche Flora. Pharmaceutisch-medicinische Botanik
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1855)
· Biol. Journal of the Linnean Society (2004)
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Ends with: Mescal lechuguilla.
Full-text: Mescal lechuguilla, Agave lecheguilla.
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