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Parthenium integrifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names wild quinine, American feverfew, and eastern feverfew. It is native to the eastern and midwestern United States.
The invasion of highlands in Galapagos by the red quinine-tree Cinchona succirubra. Environmental Conservation 15:215-220. Mauchamp, A. 1997. Threats from alien plant species in the Galapagos Islands. Conservation Biology 11:260-263. Moll, E. J. 1998. A further report on the distributions of introduced plants on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos.
Parthenium integrifolium L. – American feverfew, wild quinine - from TX to MA + MN; Parthenium ligulatum (M.E. Jones) Barneby – Colorado feverfew - CO UT; Parthenium rollinsianum Rzed. - San Luis Potosí; Parthenium schottii Greenm. ex Millsp. & Chase - Yucatán; Parthenium tomentosum DC. - Oaxaca, Puebla
Quinine is an alkaloid, a naturally occurring chemical compound. [5] How it works as a medicine is not entirely clear. [5] Quinine was first isolated in 1820 from the bark of a cinchona tree, which is native to Peru, [5] [9] [10] and its molecular formula was determined by Adolph Strecker in 1854. [11]
Cinchona species are used as food plants by the larvae of some lepidopteran species, including the engrailed, the commander, and members of the genus Endoclita, including E. damor, E. purpurescens, and E. sericeus. C.pubescens has grown uncontrolled on some islands, such as the Galapagos, where it has posed the risk of outcompeting native plant ...
The threat from over-collection could be addressed by cultivation of some medicinal plants, or by a system of certification to make wild harvesting sustainable. [133] A report in 2020 by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew identifies 723 medicinal plants as being at risk of extinction, caused partly by over-collection.
An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists ...
Quinine bush may refer to several flowering plant species: Alstonia constricta, an Australian endemic plant in the family Apocynaceae. Garrya wrightii, a plant native to Mexico and the USA, in the family Garryaceae. Petalostigma pubescens, a rainforest tree native to Papua New Guinea and Australia, in the family Picrodendraceae.