Asteraceae
Acanthospermum

Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 303 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Caribbean to S. Tropical America. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Alabama, Angola, Arkansas, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Malaya, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Mozambique, New South Wales, New York, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Queensland, South Carolina, Swaziland, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Flora of China Editorial Committee (1988-2013). Checklist & Addendum. Flora of China Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Asteraceae. Flora of North America North of Mexico 21: 1-616. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Lautenschläger, T. & al (2020). New records for the flora of Angola: observations from Uíge and Cuanza Norte. Plant ecology and evolution 153: 132-142.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

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'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

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Lautenschläger, T. & al (2020). New records for the flora of Angola: observations from Uíge and Cuanza Norte. Plant ecology and evolution 153: 132-142.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. (2017). Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
  • 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/
  • Garcia, H. (1992). Flora Medicinal de Colombia. Botánica Médica. Segunda Edición. Tercer Mundo Editores. Tomo III.
  • 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. (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/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2012 Burchell, J. [1349] Brazil K000955663 Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [3297] Brazil K000895494 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [3297] Brazil K000895493 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [8553] Brazil K000955665 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [1173] Brazil K000955666 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [6589] Brazil K000955664 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [1090] Brazil K000955661 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Gardner, G. [2902] Brazil K000054549 Yes
Nov 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Bautista, H.P.; da Silva, M.M. [PCD4121] Brazil K000053280 Yes
Oct 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Funch, L. [PCD3791] Brazil K000053275 Yes
Jun 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Bautista, H.P.; Smith, S.; Giulietti, A.M. [PCD3237] Brazil K000053279 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Noblick, L.R. [2695] Brazil K000053284 Yes
Aug 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P. [2599] Brazil K000053286 Yes
Jul 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001058999 Yes
Mar 1, 1993 Hind, D.J.N.; Queiroz, R.F. [H50003] Brazil K000053283 Yes
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Stannard, B. [27104] Brazil K000053287 Yes
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Simão, R.; Hind, D.J.N.; Fothergill, J.M. [25345] Brazil K000053276 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Mori, S.; dos Santos, T.S.; White, I. [10353] Brazil K000053278 Yes
Jul 1, 1975 Letouzey, R. [13953] Cameroon K000052278 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [13450] Brazil K001031719 Yes
Goodier, R. [910] Zimbabwe K003035837 Yes
Riedel [436] Brazil K001031708 Yes
Lowe, J. [3939] Brazil K001031713 Yes
Nelson, B.W.; Nelson, S.P. [1121] Brazil K001031728 Yes
Harley, R.M. [25181] Brazil K001031722 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [205] South Africa K003035939 Yes
Montes, J.E. [[1178]] Argentina K003036127 Yes
s.coll. [583] Brazil K001031706 Yes
Seijo, J.G.; Solis Neffa, V.G.; Grabiele, M.; Reynoso, W. [3581] Bolivia K003036079 Yes
Trinte, Z.A. [705] Brazil K001031723 Yes
Campbell, D.G. [22164] Brazil K001031755 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [26135] Brazil K001031748 Yes
Strey, R.G. [11110] South Africa K003035945 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1769] Zambia K003035830 Yes
Buchtien, O. [1607] Bolivia K003036074 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Ribeiro, F.; Sousa Silva, J.C.; Cozac, L.F.A.; Almeida, S.P.; Sano, S.M. [4261] Brazil K001031716 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [9541] Brazil K001031717 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [7630] South Africa K003035951 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [10335] Brazil K001031720 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [10167] Argentina K003036128 Yes
Harley, R.M. [55181] Brazil K001031735 Yes
Cruse, A.W. [509] Zambia K003035829 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [12434] Eswatini K003035935 Yes
Windgren [182] Brazil K001031724 Yes
Blanchet, J.S. [s.n.] Brazil K000053285 Yes
Mendoza, M.; Churchill, S.; Guzmán, S.; Ledezma, R. [235] Bolivia K003036080 Yes
Schneider, H.J. [7202] K003035941 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1388] Guyana K003036046 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [476] Brazil K001031726 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Roth, C. [1401] Bolivia K000295492 Yes
Bernardi, L. [8851] South Africa K003035937 Yes
Keller, H.A.; Prance, G.T. [3295] Argentina K003036124 Yes
[A. C. Rochers]; [Bvid Gibert] [50] Uruguay K003036121 Yes
Gillivray, J.M. [317] Brazil K001031744 Yes
Bang, M. [324] Bolivia K003036076 Yes
Bartlett, A.W. [s.n.] K003036043 Yes
King, R.M. [8187] Brazil K001031715 Yes
Gereau, R.; Abeid, Y.S.; Kibure, O.A.; Mwaipungu, O. [7274] Tanzania K003035780 Yes
van Nek, F.I. [1935] Madagascar K003035930 Yes
Pires, J.M. [52249] Brazil K001031711 Yes
Glaziou [13999] Brazil K001031742 Yes
s.coll. [583] Brazil K001031707 Yes
Phillips, E. [994] Malawi K003035827 Yes
Hunt, D.R. [5437] Brazil K001031746 Yes
s.coll. [4106] Uruguay K003036119 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [11393] South Africa K003035948 Yes
[Faslay Bioolie] [126] Bolivia K003036083 Yes
Valenzuela, L. [6767] Peru K003036089 Yes
Hill, S.R. [12787] Brazil K001031712 Yes
s.coll. [266] Guyana K003036040 Yes
Lowe, J. [371] Brazil K001031714 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [679] Guyana K003036049 Yes
van der Schyff, H.P. [5044] South Africa K003035940 Yes
Spjut, R.W.; Muchai, S. [3493] Tanzania K003035782 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [477] Brazil K001031749 Yes
Vaughan, J.G. [37] Brazil K001031747 Yes
Stalmans, M. [401] South Africa K003035944 Yes
s.coll. [447] Uruguay K003036120 Yes
Glaziou, A. [21594] Brazil K001031745 Yes
Watmough, R. [473] South Africa K003035936 Yes
Williams, R.S. [502] Bolivia K003036077 Yes
Rambo, B. [46871] Brazil K001031750 Yes
Fonseca, M.L. [2514] Brazil K001031718 Yes
Etuge, M.; Ndong Emmanuel [4347r] Cameroon K001222521 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [583] Guyana K003036047 Yes
Bartlett, A.W. [s.n.] K003036044 Yes
Story, R. [4830] Zimbabwe K003035840 Yes
Barker; Ostler [s.n.] South Africa K003035938 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; M de Carvalho, A.; Soares Nunes, J.M.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [22719] Brazil K000053277 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1575] Guyana K003036042 Yes
Spruce, R. [3865] Peru K001062029 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [1533] Zimbabwe K003035836 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [13823] South Africa K003035942 Yes
Rothery [s.n.] French Guiana K003036052 Yes
Wilberforce, P.W. [122] Zambia K003035832 Yes
Pereira, E. [10274] Brazil K001031753 Yes
Gaudichaud [s.n.] Brazil K000502117 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lorentz, P. [951] Uruguay K003036122 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [43327] Brazil K001031738 Yes
Richards, H.M. [2303] Zambia K003035835 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Nic Lughadha, E.M.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gopaul, D. [1816] Guyana K003036050 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [1727] Malawi K003035823 Yes
Strey, R.G. [9624] South Africa K003035949 Yes
Prance, G.T. [P/25869] Brazil K001031727 Yes
Carneiro-Torres, D.S. [667] Brazil K001031721 Yes
Fendler, A. [676] Venezuela K003036093 Yes
Gleason, H.A. [17] Guyana K003036039 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Hind, D.J.N. [22902] Bolivia K003036082 Yes
Dematteis, M.; Meza Torres, E.I.; Suarez, G.; Vega, A.J. [4172] Uruguay K003036123 Yes
Steinbach, J. [6219] Bolivia K003036084 Yes
Encarnación, F. [1151] Peru K003036090 Yes
Wilson-Browne, S.J. [WB76] K003036037 Yes
Huidobro, A.M.R. [s.n.] Argentina K003036125 Yes
Pollard, G.R.M. [91] Guyana K003036038 Yes
Philcox, D. [3215] Brazil K001031754 Yes
Strudwick, J.J. [4143] Brazil K001031729 Yes
Pawek, J. [6338] Malawi K003035841 Yes
[Rodolfo Chavez] [s.n.] Argentina K003036129 Yes
Braun, K.P. [1819] Eswatini K003035932 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K001031710 Yes
Rambo, B. [46689] Brazil K001031751 Yes
Goodier; Phipps [317] Zimbabwe K003035839 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [477] Brazil K001031725 Yes
Williamson, G.; Simon, B.K. [1082] Zambia K003035833 Yes
Brown; Shapiro [257] South Africa K003035947 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [664] Colombia K003036086 Yes
Muller, P.J. [2468] South Africa K003035943 Yes
Salisbury [7060] Zimbabwe K003035838 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gopaul, D.; James, V. [2260] Guyana K003036036 Yes
Prance, G.T. [11169] Brazil K001031739 Yes
s.coll. [876] South Africa K003035950 Yes
Kayombo, C.J.; Kayombo, M.J. [261] Tanzania K003035781 Yes
Poiteau [s.n.] French Guiana K000502118 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [2276] South Africa K003035946 Yes
Cruger [s.n.] Venezuela K003036091 Yes
Pawek, J. [6789] Malawi K003035826 Yes
Boog, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001031709 Yes
Repton, J.E. [557] South Africa K003035952 Yes
Braun, K.P. [1819] Eswatini K003035933 Yes
Sandeman, C. [5887] Colombia K003036087 Yes
Smith, L.B. [1591] Brazil K001031741 Yes
Stoffers, A.L.; Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Bonsen, K.J. [448] Guyana K003036051 Yes
Lasseigne, A. [22593] Brazil K001031752 Yes
Rambo, B. [46665] Brazil K001031732 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Wilmot-Dear, M.; Zuloaga, F. [2890] Uruguay K003036126 Yes
Harley, R.M. [54582] Brazil K001031737 Yes
Mueller, F. [362] Brazil K001031734 Yes
Sanane, M. [547] Zambia K003035834 Yes
Triana, J. [1333] Colombia K003036088 Yes
Rusby, H.H. [1348] Bolivia K003036075 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F27] Zambia K003035828 Yes
Rambo, B. [47051] Brazil K001031731 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Chisumpa, S.M.; Nshingo, C. [16956] Zambia K003035831 Yes
Bang, M. [884] Bolivia K003036073 Yes
Glaziou, A. [13999] Brazil K001031743 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1078] Guyana K003036048 Yes
Soejarto, D.D. [431] Colombia K003036085 Yes
Soto, D.; Diego-Escobar [955] Bolivia K003036081 Yes
Spruce, R. [1215] Brazil K001062028 Yes
Saltzman, P. [38] Brazil K000053281 Yes
Pawek, J. [6529] Malawi K003035825 Yes
Glaziou, A. [5919] Brazil K001031730 Yes
Fabris, H.A. [7212] Uruguay K003036118 Yes
Petersen, T.M. [1098] Argentina K003036130 Yes
Carvalho, P.D. [326] Brazil K001031736 Yes
Williams, R.S. [821] Bolivia K003036078 Yes
Pawek [4799] Malawi K003035824 Yes
Burchell [4085] Brazil K000955662 Yes
[533] Brazil K000053282 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1314] Guyana K003036045 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [55154] Venezuela K003036092 Yes
Salzmann, P. [38] Brazil K000053274 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, W.C.; Harter, F.P.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Monteiro, O.P. [10901] Brazil K001031733 Yes
Prance, G.T. [14379] Brazil K001031740 Yes

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