Family:
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Genus:
Galinsoga Ruiz & Pav.

Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 40–4500 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Pacunga pequeña

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Ecology
Alt. 40 - 4500 m.

[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. 40 - 4500 m.; Andes, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada

[UNAL]

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/

Vernacular
cadillo de bestia, cominillo rosado, estrellita, florecilla, guasca, guascas, hierba de puerco, pacoyuyo, pan con queso, pan de queso, yerba de puerco, yuyo

[FTEA]

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Annual herb 20–80 cm high; branches scabridulous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves petiolate, ovate, 2.5–7 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, base cuneate, margins crenate-serrate, apex acute, scabridulous to glabrous on both surfaces; 3-veined from base; petiole to 35 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula in few-headed cymes, terminal or in upper axils; involucre 2.6–3.5 mm long; phyllaries pilose to glabrous; paleae ciliolate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray florets white, 4–5, the ray 1–1.6 mm long; disc florets greenish, 1.2–1.7 mm long, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes black, 1.5–1.7 mm long, pilose; pappus of ± 18 narrow scales, each with apical awn to 1.2 mm long.
Habitat
aste places, roadsides, gardens; 1200–1900 m
Distribution
K1 K3 K4 T3 U4 probably a widespread weed in Africa but often confused with G. parviflora

[FWTA]

Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
An annual weed like the last (Gallinsoga parviflora) up to about 1 ft. high and distinctly more hairy.

[UPFC]
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.

[UPB]
Use Food
Food (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Gene Sources
Crop wild relatives which may possess beneficial traits of value in breeding programmes (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Oregon, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Alabama, Alberta, Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Madeira, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yugoslavia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Spanish
Pacunga pequeña.

Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2015 Julius [FRI 57531], Malaya K001045440 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9027], Cameroon K000108762 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [8315], Cameroon K000108761 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1561], Cameroon K000108763 No
Jan 1, 1976 Cuming [1028], Peru K000373086 syntype Yes
Hinds [s.n.], Ecuador K000009853 lectotype Yes
Funell, N [341], Peru K000373087 Yes
Jameson [206], Peru K000373088 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [6969], Cameroon K000052330 No
Boughey, A.S. [7031], Cameroon K000052339 No
Brunt, M.A. [503], Cameroon K000052341 No
Bauer, P.J. [8], Cameroon K000052332 No
Dunlap [118], Cameroon K000052337 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9263], Cameroon K000052334 No
Sousa, G. [326], Brazil K001031675 Yes
Castellanos, A. [23214], Brazil K001031676 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [8228], Cameroon K000052335 No
Maitland, T.D. [309], Cameroon K000052336 No
Cope, T.A. [RBG 168], United Kingdom K000914480 Yes
Morton, J.K. [11], Cameroon K000052338 No
Migeod, F. W. H. [9], Cameroon K000052340 No
Morton, J.K. [7094], Cameroon K000052331 No

First published in Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 1: 198 (1798)

Accepted by

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
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  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.newfoundland-labradorflora.com/checklist/.
  • Meyers, S.C. & al. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Oregon 2: 1-861. Botanical research institute of Texas Press.
  • 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.
  • Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. (2014). Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, ed. 2: 1-610. CNRS Publication.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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