- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Erechtites Raf.
Erechtites hieraciifolius (L.) Raf. ex DC.

[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.
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2700 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Boyacá, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupés, Vichada.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Isimalinae (Sikuani)
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 South Wales, New Zealand North, Ogasawara-shoto, Poland, Romania, Saskatchewan, Sumatera, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam, Washington, Yugoslavia
- Cineraria canadensis Walter
- Erechtites agrestis (Sw.) Standl. & Steyerm.
- Erechtites cacalioides Less.
- Erechtites carduifolius DC.
- Erechtites elongatus A.Gray
- Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides (Fisch. ex Spreng.) Less. ex Griseb.
- Erechtites hieraciifolius var. carduifolius (Desf.) Griseb.
- Erechtites hieraciifolius var. glabrescens Kuntze
- Erechtites hieraciifolius var. intermedius Fernald
- Erechtites hieraciifolius var. megalocarpus (Fernald) Cronquist
- Erechtites hieraciifolius var. praealtus Fernald
- Erechtites hieraciifolius var. typicus Fernald
- Erechtites megalocarpus Fernald
- Erechtites praealtus Raf.
- Erechtites sulcatus Gardner
- Gynura aspera Ridl.
- Gynura malasica (Ridl.) Ridl.
- Neoceis carduifolia Cass.
- Neoceis hieraciifolia (L.) Cass.
- Neoceis rigidula Cass.
- Ptileris hieraciifolius Raf.
- Senecio cacalioides Fisch. ex Spreng.
- Senecio carduifolius Desf.
- Senecio fischeri Sch.Bip.
- Senecio hieraciifolius L.
- Senecio hieraciifolius var. cacalioides M.Gómez
- Senecio hieraciifolius var. carduifolius M.Gómez
- Senecio seminudus Bory
- Senecio vukotinovicii Schloss.
- Sonchus agrestis Sw.
- Sonchus brasiliensis Meyen & Walp.
- Sonchus occidentalis Spreng.
Erechtites hieraciifolius (L.) Raf. ex DC. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Mar 1, 2009 | Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. et al [6619], Surinam | K000373271 | No | ||
Feb 1, 2008 | Ambriansyah, A. et al. [3050A], Indonesia | K000512311 | No | ||
Harley, R.M. [27289], Brazil | 55824.000 | No | |||
Hind, D.J.N. [H50962], Brazil | 58987.000 | No | |||
Mandon, G. [127], Bolivia | K000527732 | Yes | |||
Gardner, G. [3868], Goiás | K000895247 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Quited [s.n.], Nicaragua | K000895246 | Yes | |||
Glaziou [10962], Brazil | K000924285 | Yes | |||
Gardner, G. [3868], Goiás | K000895245 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Irwin, H.S. [21957], Brazil | K000924281 | Yes | |||
Glaziou [4033], Brazil | K000924286 | Yes | |||
Riedel [432], Brazil | K000924273 | Yes | |||
Rambo, B. [44066], Brazil | K000924284 | Yes | |||
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Sumatera | K000843820 | Yes | |||
Reitz [14862], Brazil | K000924287 | Yes | |||
Fendler, A. [1972], Venezuela | K000924298 | Yes | |||
Ule, E. [8348], Brazil | K000924277 | Yes | |||
Irwin, H.S. [12137], Brazil | K000924278 | Yes | |||
Prance, G.T. [7704], Brazil | K000924276 | Yes | |||
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Sumatera | K000843821 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
s.coll. [634], Brazil | K000924274 | Yes | |||
Purdie [s.n.], Jamaica | K000924275 | Yes | |||
Harley, R.M. [10222], Brazil | K000924280 | Yes | |||
Silva, M.B. [54], Brazil | K000924282 | Yes | |||
Philcox, D. [3717], Brazil | K000924279 | Yes | |||
Vukotinovic, L.F. [883], Croatia | K000843822 | Yes | |||
Dusén, P. [6583], Brazil | K000924283 | Yes | |||
Vukotinovic, L.F. [883], Croatia | K000843823 | Yes | |||
Jan 1, 1979 | Griffith, W. [s.n.], Malaya | Gynura malasica | K000324340 | isotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1979 | Griffith, W. [s.n.], Malaya | Gynura malasica | K000324339 | holotype | Yes |
Feb 1, 2002 | Gardner, G. [2652], Piauí | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000054499 | Yes | |
Oct 1, 1999 | Amorim, A.M. [2498], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053816 | No | |
Aug 1, 1996 | Hind, D.J.N. [PCD3800], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053822 | No | |
Jul 1, 1996 | Hind, D.J.N. [PCD3574], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053829 | No | |
Sep 1, 1993 | Hind, D.J.N. [H50962], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053818 | No | |
Mar 1, 1993 | Hind, D.J.N. [H50021], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053821 | No | |
May 1, 1989 | Harley, R.M. [27289], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053817 | No | |
May 1, 1989 | Harley, R.M. [25643], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053823 | No | |
May 1, 1989 | Harley, R.M. [27244], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053826 | No | |
May 1, 1989 | Harley, R.M. [25926], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053819 | No | |
May 1, 1989 | Harley, R.M. [27264], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053828 | No | |
May 1, 1989 | Harley, R.M. [25643], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053820 | No | |
Mattos Silva, L.A. [646], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053824 | No | ||
Salzmann, P. [1], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053827 | Yes | ||
Harley, R.M. [22372], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053830 | No | ||
Salzmann, P. [1], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053831 | No | ||
Amorim, A.M. [2498], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000054849 | No | ||
Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Brazil | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000924288 | Yes | ||
Burchell, W.J. [7373], Brazil | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000955776 | Yes | ||
Harley, R.M. [22195], Bahia | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides | K000053825 | No | ||
Fernald, M.L. [299], Massachusetts | Erechtites hieraciifolius var. megalocarpus | K000843818 | Yes |
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.
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
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