Elephantopus

Elephantopus is a genus of perennial plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae).[4][5][6]

For other uses, see Elephantopus (disambiguation).

Elephant’s foot
Elephantopus scaber in India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Vernonieae[1]
Genus:
Elephantopus

Type species
Elephantopus scaber
Synonyms[3]
  • Elephantosis Less.
  • Anaschovadi Adans.
  • Elephantopsis (Sch.Bip.) C.F.Baker
  • Chaetospira S.F.Blake

The genus is widespread over much of Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and the Americas.[3] Several species are native to the southeastern United States,[7][8] and at least one is native to India and the Himalayas.[9][10][11]

Uses

Elephantopus scaber is a traditional medicine[12] and other species, including E. mollis[13] and E. carolinianus,[14] have also been investigated for medicinal properties. Elephantopus scaber contains elephantopin which is a germacranolide sesquiterpene lactone containing two lactone rings and an epoxide functional group.[15]

Species
accepted species[3]

References
  1. "187d. Asteraceae Martinov tribe Vernonieae Cassini". Flora of North America.
  2. Baker, C. F. 1902. A revision of the Elephantopeae--1. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 12: 43-56 in English
  3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  4. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 814 in Latin
  5. Baker, C. F. 1902. A revision of the Elephantopeae--1. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 12: plate IX line drawings of fruits of several species of Elephantopus and Pseudelephantopus (captions on page 56)
  6. Clonts, J. A. 1972. A Revision of the Genus Elephantopus Including Orthopappus and Pseudelephantopus (Compositae). Ph.D. thesis. Mississippi State University.
  7. "Elephantopus L." United States Department of Agriculture plants profile.
  8. Flora of North America, Elephant’s foot, Elephantopus Linnaeus
  9. Press, J.R.; Shrestha, K.K. & Sutton, D.A. "Elephantopus L." Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  10. Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 368 地胆草属 di dan cao shu Elephantopus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 814. 1753.
  11. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  12. Poli, A; Nicolau, M; Simoes, Cm; Nicolau, Rm; Zanin, M (August 1992). "Preliminary pharmacologic evaluation of crude whole plant extracts of Elephantopus scaber. Part I: in vivo studies". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 37 (1): 71–6. doi:10.1016/0378-8741(92)90005-C. ISSN 0378-8741. PMID 1453704.
  13. Tabopda, Tk; Liu, J; Ngadjui, Bt; Luu, B (Apr 2007). "Cytotoxic triterpene and sesquiterpene lactones from Elephantopus mollis and induction of apoptosis in neuroblastoma cells". Planta Medica. 73 (4): 376–80. doi:10.1055/s-2007-967132. ISSN 0032-0943. PMID 17366372.
  14. Lee, Kh; Cowherd, Cm; Wolo, Mt (September 1975). "Antitumor agents. XV: Deoxyelephantopin, an antitumor principle from Elephantopus carolinianus Willd". Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 64 (9): 1572–3. doi:10.1002/jps.2600640938. ISSN 0022-3549. PMID 1185584.
  15. Rajkapoor B, Jayakar B, Anandan R (Jan–Feb 2002). "Antitumor activity of Elephantopus scaber linn against Dalton's ascitis lymphoma". Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 64 (1): 71–3. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30.
Elephantopus tomentosus in the United States
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