Asteraceae
Erechtites

Erechtites valerianifolius (Link ex Spreng.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 6: 295 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Assam, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Malaya, Marquesas, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.489.2.4. epublication.
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Mao, A.A., Sinha, B.K., Verma, D. & Sarma, N. (2016). Check-List of Flora of Meghalaya: 1-273. Meghalaya Biodiversity Board, Shillong.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014-continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Mao, A.A., Sinha, B.K., Verma, D. & Sarma, N. (2016). Check-List of Flora of Meghalaya: 1-273. Meghalaya Biodiversity Board, Shillong.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2024 Hind, D.J.N., Mello Silva, R. [s.n.] Brazil K000218250 No
May 1, 2023 Silva, J.S. [226] Brazil K000217970 No
May 1, 2023 Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K000217974 No
May 1, 2023 Joly, A.B. [s.n.] Brazil K000217972 No
May 1, 2023 Joly, A.B. [s.n.] Brazil K000217973 No
May 1, 2023 Sendulsky, T. [363] Brazil K000217969 No
May 1, 2023 Sendulsky, T. [349] Brazil K000217971 No
May 1, 2023 Coleman, J.R. [287] Brazil K000217967 No
May 1, 2023 Makino, H. [103] Brazil K000217968 No
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell, W.J. [2179] Brazil K000955780 Yes
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Hind, D.J.N.; Mayo, S.J. [27304] Brazil K000053838 Yes
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Stannard, B.; Hind, D.J.N. [26346] Brazil K000053837 Yes
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Stannard, B.; Hind, D.J.N. [26346] Brazil K000053836 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Fonseca, S.F. [22044] Brazil K000924293 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [9640] Brazil K000924292 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Silva, N.T. [58320] Brazil K000053839 Yes
Jun 10, 1952 Mueller, F. [454] Brazil K000924297 Yes
Jun 10, 1952 Gardner, G. [522] Brazil K000895248 Type Yes
Burchell, W.J. [987] Brazil K000955779 Yes
Sello [s.n.] Brazil K000527735 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mattos Silva, L.A.; Brito, H.S. [647] Brazil K000053840 Yes
Reynoso; Alvarez; Fernando [4353] Philippines K001574661 Yes
Harley, R.M. [27304] Brazil K:SPC-54541.000 No
Bolland, G. [s.n.] Brazil K000054497 Yes
Gardner [s.n.] Brazil K000924290 Yes
Sello [4520] Brazil K000527736 Unknown Type Material Yes
MacGillivray, J. [s.n.] Brazil K000924291 Yes
Glaziou, A. [8759] Brazil K000924296 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [987] Brazil K000955778 Yes
Salzmann, P. [2] Brazil K000053834 Yes
Talbot, H.F. [s.n.] K000924289 Yes
Salzmann, P. [2] Brazil K000053835 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] Brazil K000955777 Yes
Rambo, B. [40577] Brazil K000924295 Yes
Dusén, P. [9349a] Brazil K000924294 Yes
Bolland, G. [39] Brazil K000054498 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [5790] Brazil Erechtites valerianifolius f. organensis K000895249 Type Yes
Nov 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [5790] Brazil Erechtites valerianifolius f. organensis K000895250 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0