Poaceae
Axonopus

Axonopus scoparius (Flüggé) Kuhlm.

First published in Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(11): 45 (1922)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Galápagos

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2012). Las especies del género Axonopus (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paspaleae) en Brasil. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 36: 317-354.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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 Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2012). Las especies del género Axonopus (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paspaleae) en Brasil. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 36: 317-354.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • 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
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (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
  • 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?
Mar 27, 1999 Colombia K001468502 Yes
May 31, 1985 Peru K001468517 Yes
May 20, 1985 Bolivia K001468545 Yes
Oct 1, 1943 Peru K000984732 Yes
Nov 24, 1930 Bolivia K001468534 Yes
Jul 1, 1903 Bolivia K001468541 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R. [1427] Colombia K001468500 Yes
Ecuador K000984730 Yes
Colombia K001468499 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R. [1427], Colombia K001468500 Yes
Colombia K001468501 Yes
Colombia K001468503 Yes
Colombia K001468504 Yes
Ecuador K001468505 Yes
Ecuador K001468506 Yes
Ecuador K001468507 Yes
Ecuador K001468508 Yes
Ecuador K001468509 Yes
Ecuador K001468510 Yes
Ecuador K001468511 Yes
Ecuador K001468512 Yes
Ecuador K001468513 Yes
Ecuador K001468514 Yes
Ecuador K001468515 Yes
Peru K001468516 Yes
Peru K001468518 Yes
Peru K001468519 Yes
Peru K001468520 Yes
Peru K001468521 Yes
Peru K001468522 Yes
Bolivia K001468523 Yes
Bolivia K001468524 Yes
Bolivia K001468525 Yes
Bolivia K001468526 Yes
Bolivia K001468527 Yes
Bolivia K001468528 Yes
Bolivia K001468529 Yes
Bolivia K001468530 Yes
Bolivia K001468531 Yes
Bolivia K001468532 Yes
Bolivia K001468533 Yes
Bolivia K001468535 Yes
Bolivia K001468536 Yes
Bolivia K001468537 Yes
Bolivia K001468538 Yes
Bolivia K001468539 Yes
Bolivia K001468540 Yes
Bolivia K001468542 Yes
Bolivia K001468543 Yes
Bolivia K001468544 Yes
Bolivia K001468546 Yes
Bolivia K001468547 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Wood, J.R.I. [4712] Colombia Axonopus iridifolius K001468583 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J. [15486] Bolivia Axonopus iridifolius K001589956 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4712], Colombia Axonopus iridifolius K001468583 Yes
Venezuela Axonopus iridifolius K001468584 Yes
Bolivia Axonopus iridifolius K001468585 Yes
Bolivia Axonopus iridifolius K001468586 Yes
Bolivia Axonopus iridifolius K001468587 Yes
Bolivia Axonopus iridifolius K001468588 Yes
Bolivia Axonopus iridifolius K001468589 Yes
Bolivia Axonopus iridifolius K001468590 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Laegaard, S. [52925] Ecuador Axonopus mathewsii K001468397 Yes
Mathews [3239] Peru Axonopus mathewsii K000098477 Type Yes
Ecuador Axonopus mathewsii K001468391 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus mathewsii K001468392 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus mathewsii K001468393 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus mathewsii K001468394 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus mathewsii K001468395 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus mathewsii K001468396 Yes
Laegaard, S. [52925], Ecuador Axonopus mathewsii K001468397 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus mathewsii K001468398 Yes
Peru Axonopus mathewsii K001468399 Yes
Feb 26, 2008 Solano, D.; Montero, J. [3296] Costa Rica Axonopus micay K001614097 Yes
Mar 15, 1998 Ecuador Axonopus micay K001468556 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3957], Colombia Axonopus micay K001468548 Yes
Colombia Axonopus micay K001468549 Yes
Colombia Axonopus micay K001468550 Yes
Colombia Axonopus micay K001468551 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus micay K001468553 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus micay K001468554 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus micay K001468555 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus micay K001468557 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus micay K001468558 Yes
Ecuador Axonopus micay K001468559 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [8761] Mexico Axonopus deludens K000643292 Unknown Type Material 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

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • 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
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/