Pata de gallo: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Pata de gallo in Mexico is the name of a plant defined with Chloris virgata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Emil Bretschneider, History of European Botanical Discoveries in China. Leipzig 1981 (among others).
2) Pata de gallo in South America is also identified with Dactyloctenium aegyptium It has the synonym Eleusine aegyptiaca (L.) Desf. (etc.).
3) Pata de gallo in Spanish is also identified with Echinochloa crus-galli It has the synonym Panicum crusgalli var. echinatum (Willd.) Döll (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)
· Flora (1855)
· Flora Atlantica (1798)
· Flora Capensis (1900)
· Nomenclator Botanicus. Editio secunda (1840)
· Catalogus plantarum horti botanici monspeliensis (1813)
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