Asteraceae
Ambrosia

Ambrosia artemisioides Meyen & Walp.

First published in Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 268 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Peru to Chile (Tarapacá, Antofagasta). It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Chile North, Peru

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • 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/
  • 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/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
André, É. [4433] Ecuador K002903202 Yes
[ESCO Associates] [7223] Peru K002903214 Yes
Camp, W.H.; Prieto, F. [E2498] Ecuador K002903213 Yes
Mille, L. [482] Ecuador K002903199 Yes
Balls, E.K. [B6820] Peru K002903212 Yes
von Sneidern, K. [2761] Colombia K002903193 Yes
Davis, W.; Franquemont, E.; Franquemont, C.; King, S.; Sperling, C. [1343] Peru K002903204 Yes
Stork, H.E.; Horton, O.B. [10231] Peru K002903208 Yes
Holmgren, I. [398] Ecuador K002903203 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Davis, E.W. [3772] Colombia K002903194 Yes
Fleming, V. [27] Ecuador K002903200 Yes
King, R.M.; Jorgensen, P.M. [10144] Ecuador K002903197 Yes
Linden [231] Colombia K002903192 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Peru K002903206 Yes
s.coll. [1716] Peru K002903210 Yes
André, É. [1076] Ecuador K002903201 Yes
King, R.M.; Peterson, P.M.; Judziewicz, E.J. [10064] Ecuador K002903195 Yes
[Christopher Saudemar] [4676] Peru K002903207 Yes
Holguer Lugo, S. [s.n.] Ecuador K002903196 Yes
Bridges [1396] K002903209 Yes
Savatier, L. [s.n.] K002903211 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K002903198 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0