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Taxon:  Proboscidea louisianica (Mill.) Thell. subsp. louisianica



Summary
Genus:
Proboscidea
Family:
Martyniaceae
Nomen number:
401398
Verified:
03/07/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Proboscidea louisianica (Mill.) Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Proboscidea louisianica (Mill.) Thell. subsp. fragrans (Lindl.) Bretting (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Martynia louisianica Mill.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Martynia proboscidea Gloxin
Proboscidea jussieui Medik.
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Reference(s)
  1. Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.
  2. Bretting, P. K. 1983. The taxonomic relationship between Proboscidea louisianica and Proboscidea fragrans (Martyniaceae). SouthW. Naturalist 28:445-449.
  3. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  4. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  5. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  7. Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
  8. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  9. Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Common names
English
devil's-claw –
elephant tusks –
goat's-head –
Louisiana devil's-claw –
martynia –
proboscis-flower –
purple-flower devil's-claw –
ram's-horn –
unicorn-plant –
German
Lousiana-Gämshorn –
Ziegenhuf –
Spanish
casco de cabra –
martinia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraskas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColoradoe.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexicon.e.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean parts.e.
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Nebraska (s.), Oklahoma]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (e.)]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (n.e.), Texas]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.e.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, Portugal
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalplanted as a curiosity fide F CalifJepHickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Weed a noxious weed in parts of AustraliaLazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401398. Accessed 29 April 2025.