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Taxon:  Proboscidea louisianica (Mill.) Thell.



Summary
Genus:
Proboscidea
Family:
Martyniaceae
Nomen number:
105049
Place of publication:
Fl. adv. Montpellier 480. 1912 Jan (Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 38(sér. 4, vol. 8):480. 1912)
Verified:
05/14/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Proboscidea louisianica (Mill.) Thell. subsp. fragrans (Lindl.) Bretting (0 active accession[s])
Proboscidea louisianica (Mill.) Thell. subsp. louisianica (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  2. Bretting, P. K. 1983. The taxonomic relationship between Proboscidea louisianica and Proboscidea fragrans (Martyniaceae). SouthW. Naturalist 28:445-449.
  3. Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989-. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares.
  4. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
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  8. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  9. Hevly, R. H. 1969. Nomenclatural history and typification of Martynia and Proboscidea (Martyniaceae). Taxon 18:527-534.
  10. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  11. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
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  14. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
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  18. Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
  19. Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
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  21. Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
Common names
English
elephant tusks –
goat's-head –
purple-flower devil's-claw –
ram's horn –
unicorn-plant –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico n. & c.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraska 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean parts.e.
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • REGION: Mexico (n. & c.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Eastern Cape, Free State]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.e.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, Portugal
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
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=105049. Accessed 29 April 2025.