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This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico to Tropical America. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders.
Erechtites valerianifolius

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 400 - 3400 m.
Morphology General Habit
Herb.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.

[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. 400 - 3400 m.; Andes, Valle del Cauca.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada

[UPB]
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (Instituto Humboldt 2014).

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Assam, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Malaya, Marquesas, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Vietnam

Erechtites valerianifolius (Link ex Spreng.) DC. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell, W.J. [2179], Brazil K000955780
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M. [26346], Bahia K000053836
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M. [27304], Bahia K000053838
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M. [26346], Bahia K000053837
Jan 1, 1970 Irwin, H.S. [22044], Brazil K000924293
Jan 1, 1966 Irwin, H.S. [9640], Brazil K000924292
Jan 1, 1964 Silva, N.T. [58320], Bahia K000053839
Jun 10, 1952 Gardner, G. [522], Brazil K000895248 Unknown type material
Jun 10, 1952 Mueller, F. [454], Brazil K000924297
Harley, R.M. [27304], Brazil 54541.000
Salzmann, P. [2], Bahia K000053835
Mattos Silva, L.A. [647], Bahia K000053840
Bolland, G. [s.n.], Ceará K000054497
Burchell, W.J. [987], Brazil K000955778
Salzmann, P. [2], Bahia K000053834
Rambo, B. [40577], Brazil K000924295
Bolland, G. [39], Ceará K000054498
Burchell, W.J. [987], Brazil K000955779
Talbot, H.F. [s.n.] K000924289
Sello [s.n.], Brazil K000527735
Gardner [s.n.], Brazil K000924290
Gay, J. [s.n.], Brazil K000955777
MacGillivray, J. [s.n.], Brazil K000924291
Dusén, P. [9349a], Brazil K000924294
Glaziou, A. [8759], Brazil K000924296
Sello [4520], Brazil K000527736

First published in Prodr. 6: 295 (1838)

Accepted by

  • (2021). file:///C:/Users/rg02kg/Downloads/42996.pdf epublication.
  • 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.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Mao, A.A., Sinha, B.K., Verma, D. & Sarma, N. (2016). Check-List of Flora of Meghalaya: 1-273. Meghalaya Biodiversity Board, Shillong.
  • 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 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.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Mao, A.A., Sinha, B.K., Verma, D. & Sarma, N. (2016). Check-List of Flora of Meghalaya: 1-273. Meghalaya Biodiversity Board, Shillong.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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