Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass.

First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 24: 331 (1822)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Malaya, Marshall Is., Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. & al. (2018). New plant records to the flora of Haryana. Indian Journal of Forestry 41: 117-127.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 2: 627-1887. EABCN, Seoul.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • 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.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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

  • 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.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Balkrishna, A. & al. (2018). New plant records to the flora of Haryana. Indian Journal of Forestry 41: 117-127.
  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cass., Dict. Sci, Nat. 24: 331 (1822).
  • Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 232, t. 51 (1991).
  • R.K.Jansen in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 55, map (1985).

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
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • 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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • 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?
Dec 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [3865], Brazil K000895363 Yes
Dec 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [70], Brazil K000895365 Yes
Dec 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [5520], Brazil K000895366 Yes
Dec 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [509], Brazil K000895364 Yes
Dec 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [2225], Piauí K000054452 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [2225], Piauí K000054451 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 Jameson, W. [215], Ecuador K001067907 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 Coulter, T. [323], Mexico K001067906 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 Salzman, P. [45], Bahia K001067905 isotype Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [7920], Brazil K000955718 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [1483], Brazil K000955720 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [6928], Brazil K000955719 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [7956-2], Brazil K000955717 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [1812], Brazil K000955716 Yes
Mar 1, 1998 Harley, R.M. [28244], Bahia K000053586 Yes
Dec 1, 1995 Nascimento, M.S.B. [15], Piauí K000054450 Yes
Apr 1, 1993 Noblick, L.R. [4159], Bahia K000053585 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Hatschbach, G. [57014], Bahia K000053584 Yes
Dec 1, 1982 Salzmann, P. [45], Bahia K000053590 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Gardner, G. [1746], Ceará K000054447 Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Gardner, G. [1746], Ceará K000054448 Yes
Harley, R.M. [21631], Bahia K000053587 Yes
Harley, R.M. [15505], Bahia K000053589 Yes
Bolland, G. [s.n.], Ceará K000054449 Yes
Hook [s.n.], Brazil K000895367 Yes
Smith, L.B. [6711], Brazil K001031278 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.], Brazil K001031282 Yes
Oliveira, R.P. [527], Brazil K001031882 Yes
Harley, R.M. [25216], Brazil K001031276 Yes
Riedel [s.n.], Brazil K001031288 Yes
Glaziou, A. [12795], Brazil K001031279 Yes
Harris [s.n.], Mexico K001031284 Yes
Harley, R.M. [25216], Brazil K001031277 Yes
Harley, R.M. [54844], Brazil K001031884 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil K001031285 Yes
Harley, R.M. [21979], Bahia K000053588 Yes
s.coll. [[C]12], Brazil K001031283 Yes
Glaziou [5920], Brazil K001031281 Yes
Endres [51], Costa Rica K001031286 Yes
Gillivray, J.M. [262], Brazil K001031280 Yes
Riedel [547], Brazil K001031287 Yes
Harley, R.M. [54812], Brazil K001031883 Yes
Ecuador K001483000 Yes
Ecuador K001483001 Yes
Panama K001483003 Yes
Panama K001483004 Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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 2023. 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 2023. 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
  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images
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    • 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