Family:
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Genus:
Curio P.V.Heath

Curio radicans (L.f.) P.V.Heath

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Africa. It is used as a medicine.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2560–2820 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Cundinamarca, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb.

[CPLC]

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

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 2560 - 2820 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba

[UPFC]
Use Medicines
Medical uses.

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces

Curio radicans (L.f.) P.V.Heath appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Brandham [121-1397], South Africa Senecio radicans 53581.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M., South Africa Senecio radicans 53587.000 No
Senecio radicans 53756.000 No
unknown [120], South Africa Senecio radicans K000378072 Yes
South Africa Senecio radicans K000378073 Yes
[?] [120], South Africa Senecio radicans K000378074 Yes
Burke [s.n.], South Africa Senecio radicans K000378075 Yes
Kleinia radicans 16253.000 No

First published in Calyx 6: 55 (1999)

Not accepted by

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Kleinia radicans.]

Literature

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.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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