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This species is accepted, and its native range is E. Canada to Tropical & Subtropical America. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders.
Erechtites hieracifolia

[UNAL]
Vernacular
Isimalinae (Sikuani)

[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
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2700 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 0 - 2700 m.
Morphology General Habit
Herb.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.

[UPB]
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016, Instituto Humboldt 2014).

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin

Introduced into:

Austria, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Korea, Line Is., Malaya, Mauritius, Nansei-shoto, New Zealand North, Ogasawara-shoto, Poland, Romania, Saskatchewan, Sumatera, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam, Washington, Yugoslavia

Erechtites hieraciifolius (L.) Raf. ex DC. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Mar 1, 2009 Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. et al [6619], Surinam K000373271
Feb 1, 2008 Ambriansyah, A. et al. [3050A], Indonesia K000512311
Harley, R.M. [27289], Brazil 55824.000
Hind, D.J.N. [H50962], Brazil 58987.000
Mandon, G. [127], Bolivia K000527732
Gardner, G. [3868], Goiás K000895247 Unknown type material
Quited [s.n.], Nicaragua K000895246
Glaziou [10962], Brazil K000924285
Gardner, G. [3868], Goiás K000895245 Unknown type material
Irwin, H.S. [21957], Brazil K000924281
Glaziou [4033], Brazil K000924286
Riedel [432], Brazil K000924273
Rambo, B. [44066], Brazil K000924284
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Sumatera K000843820
Reitz [14862], Brazil K000924287
Fendler, A. [1972], Venezuela K000924298
Ule, E. [8348], Brazil K000924277
Irwin, H.S. [12137], Brazil K000924278
Prance, G.T. [7704], Brazil K000924276
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Sumatera K000843821 Unknown type material
s.coll. [634], Brazil K000924274
Purdie [s.n.], Jamaica K000924275
Harley, R.M. [10222], Brazil K000924280
Silva, M.B. [54], Brazil K000924282
Philcox, D. [3717], Brazil K000924279
Vukotinovic, L.F. [883], Croatia K000843822
Dusén, P. [6583], Brazil K000924283
Vukotinovic, L.F. [883], Croatia K000843823
Jan 1, 1979 Griffith, W. [s.n.], Malaya Gynura malasica K000324340 isotype
Jan 1, 1979 Griffith, W. [s.n.], Malaya Gynura malasica K000324339 holotype
Feb 1, 2002 Gardner, G. [2652], Piauí Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000054499
Oct 1, 1999 Amorim, A.M. [2498], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053816
Aug 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N. [PCD3800], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053822
Jul 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N. [PCD3574], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053829
Sep 1, 1993 Hind, D.J.N. [H50962], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053818
Mar 1, 1993 Hind, D.J.N. [H50021], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053821
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M. [27289], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053817
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M. [25643], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053823
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M. [27244], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053826
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M. [25926], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053819
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M. [27264], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053828
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M. [25643], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053820
Mattos Silva, L.A. [646], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053824
Salzmann, P. [1], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053827
Harley, R.M. [22372], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053830
Salzmann, P. [1], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053831
Amorim, A.M. [2498], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000054849
Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Brazil Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000924288
Burchell, W.J. [7373], Brazil Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000955776
Harley, R.M. [22195], Bahia Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides K000053825
Fernald, M.L. [299], Massachusetts Erechtites hieraciifolius var. megalocarpus K000843818

First published in Prodr. 6: 294 (1838)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • 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.

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • ColPlantA (2021). "ColPlantA. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.colplanta.org/"

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's Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

  • Ortiz, F. (1989). Botánica médica guahibo. plantas medicinales, mágicas y psicotrópicas utilizadas por los sikuani y cuiba (llanos orientales de colombia). Caldasia 16 (76): 14-22

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
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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 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Science Photographs
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
ColPlantA database
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
ColPlantA database
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