Sonchus asper (L.) Hill
Sonchus oleraceaus L.
ASTERACEAE
Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, Rainer W. Bussmann, and
Carolina Romero
Synonyms
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill: Picrosia australis Decne; Picrosia longifolia D. Don.;
Sonchus asper (L.) Vill.; Sonchus carolinianus Walter; Sonchus gigas subsp. medius
Boulos; Sonchus oleraceus var. asper L.; Sonchus spinosus Lam.; Tragopogon
fritillarioides Less.
Sonchus oleraceaus L.: Sonchus ciliatus Lam.; Sonchus gracilis Phil.; Sonchus
mairei H. Lév.; Sonchus maritimus Sessé & Moc.; Sonchus plumieri Sessé & Mac.;
Sonchus rivularis Phil.
Local Names
Sonchus asper: Spanish: Colombia: Cerraja; English: Prickly sow thistle, rough
sow thistle, spiny sowthistle
N. Y. Paniagua-Zambrana
Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz,
Bolivia
Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia
e-mail: nyaroslava@yahoo.es
R. W. Bussmann (*)
Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia
Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State
University, Tbilisi, Georgia
e-mail: rainer.bussmann@iliauni.edu.ge; rbussmann@gmail.com
C. Romero
William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA
e-mail: carolina.romero@mobot.org; romero.carito@gmail.com
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
N. Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, R. W. Bussmann (eds.), Ethnobotany of the Andes,
Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77093-2_272-1
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