Asteraceae
Neurolaena

Neurolaena lobata (L.) Cass.

First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 34: 502 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Marianas, Marshall Is., Phoenix Is., Society Is., Wake I.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • 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.

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

  • Bernal, R., Galeano, G., Rodríguez, A., Sarmiento, H. & Gutiérrez, M. (2017). Nombres comunes de las plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
  • 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

  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

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
  • 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 (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • 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?
Martinez, I. [s.n.] El Salvador K002518547 No
Endres, M. [64] Costa Rica K002518525 No
[L. Hakn] [387] K002518522 No
Betancur, J. [3525] Colombia K001512365 Yes
Matuda, E. [17530] Mexico K002518530 No
Peck, M.E. [357] Belize K002518534 No
Heyde; Lux [6340] Guatemala K001691387 No
Thieme, C. [5303] Honduras K001738799 No
Smith, J.D. [2862] Guatemala K001738798 No
J.D.S. [s.n.] Costa Rica K002518541 No
Sandoval, E. [s.n.] El Salvador K002518545 No
Lindeman, J.C. [12063] Suriname K001766249 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [s.n.] K002518521 No
Rivera, G. [2032] Costa Rica K002518540 No
Sandoval [254] El Salvador K002518546 No
Robinson, B.L. [64] Costa Rica K002518524 No
J.D.S. [s.n.] Guatemala K002518550 No
Baker, C.F. [2453] Nicaragua K002518552 No
Lundell, C.L.; Gentle, P.H. [1061] Belize K002518535 No
Marquez R, W. [294] Mexico K002518532 No
Pitter [s.n.] Costa Rica K002518542 No
von Türckheim, H. [s.n.] Guatemala K002518549 No
Nilsson, V.; Umaña, G.; Chacon, R.; Manfredi, R. [152] Costa Rica K002518539 No
Skutch, A.F. [2507] Costa Rica K002518544 No
Matuda, E. [2605] Mexico K002518520 No
Englesing, F.C. [171] Nicaragua K002518551 No
Mexia, Y. [9142] Mexico K002518531 No
Quesada, A. [1186] Costa Rica K002518538 No
Schipp, W.A. [20] Belize K002518536 No
J.D.S. [s.n.] Costa Rica K002518543 No
Sanchez Martinez, E.; Ramos, C.H. [26332] Mexico K002518526 No
[illegible] [s.n.] Nicaragua K002518553 No
Eug. Langlassé [843] Mexico K002518519 No
Gaumer, G.F. [123] K002518523 No
R. [Leuple] [s.n.] Honduras K002518533 No
[illegible] [16] Guatemala K002518548 No
Chagala, B.G. [BGCh 962] Mexico K002518527 No
Chan, C. [4500] Mexico K002518528 No
Schipp, W.A. [20] Belize K002518537 No
Chan, C. [6076] Mexico K002518529 No
[illegible] [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Pluchea symphytifolia K002492340 Yes
Florence [12054] French Polynesia Pluchea symphytifolia K002491372 Yes
Smith, A.C. [10207] Pluchea symphytifolia K002492314 Yes
Steinbach, J. [5961] Bolivia Pluchea symphytifolia K002492368 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica Pluchea symphytifolia K002492352 Yes
s.coll. [135] Jamaica Pluchea symphytifolia K002492353 Yes
Steinbach, J. [9806] Bolivia Pluchea symphytifolia K002492366 Yes
Combs, R. [729] Cuba Pluchea symphytifolia K002492327 Yes
John, I.; Northrop, A.B. [283] Bahamas, The Pluchea symphytifolia K002492324 Yes
Sintenis, P. [595] Puerto Rico Pluchea symphytifolia K002492335 Yes
Coulter, T. [287] Jamaica Pluchea symphytifolia K002492348 No
von Türckheim, H. [2809] Dominican Republic Pluchea symphytifolia K002492338 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H 16095 a] Dominican Republic Pluchea symphytifolia K002492339 Yes
Crueger [s.n.] Pluchea symphytifolia K002492320 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [1377] United States Pluchea symphytifolia K002492317 Yes
Moldenke, H. [731] United States Pluchea symphytifolia K002492181 Yes
Fishlock, W.C. [17] Pluchea symphytifolia K002492312 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H 9609] Haiti Pluchea symphytifolia K002492330 Yes
Otto, E. [217] Cuba Pluchea symphytifolia K002492326 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [5844] Trinidad and Tobago Pluchea symphytifolia K002492342 Yes
Raulerson, L. [15122] Guam Pluchea symphytifolia K002491378 Yes
Shepard, R.S. (Mrs) [257] Bolivia Pluchea symphytifolia K002492365 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica Pluchea symphytifolia K002492350 Yes
Alexander, R.C. [s.n.] Jamaica Pluchea symphytifolia K002492345 Yes
Leonard, E.C.; Leonard, G.M. [11765] Haiti Pluchea symphytifolia K002492329 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [675] Cuba Pluchea symphytifolia K002492328 Yes
Gillis, W.T. [s.n.] Pluchea symphytifolia K002492321 Yes
Heller, A.A. (Mr); Halbach, E.G. [216] Puerto Rico Pluchea symphytifolia K002492332 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Pluchea symphytifolia K002492341 Yes
Small, J.K.; Moser, C.A. [5974] United States Pluchea symphytifolia K002492183 Yes
Eggers, B. [83] Pluchea symphytifolia K002492316 Yes
Sintenis, P. [1909] Puerto Rico Pluchea symphytifolia K002492333 Yes
Buchtien, O. [166] Bolivia Pluchea symphytifolia K002492369 Yes
Steinbach, J. [8639] Bolivia Pluchea symphytifolia K002492367 Yes
[Ladyen] [s.n.] Jamaica Pluchea symphytifolia K002492349 Yes
Smith, A.C. [10412] Pluchea symphytifolia K002492315 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Bahamas, The Pluchea symphytifolia K002492318 Yes
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [160] Pluchea symphytifolia K002492319 Yes
Baker, R.E.D.; Simmonds, N.W. [14899] Trinidad and Tobago Pluchea symphytifolia K002492343 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [5612] United States Pluchea symphytifolia K002492182 Yes
Baker, R.E.D. [15081] Trinidad and Tobago Pluchea symphytifolia K002492344 Yes
Raulerson, L. [16241] Guam Pluchea symphytifolia K002491377 Yes
Sintenis, P. [595b] Puerto Rico Pluchea symphytifolia K002492336 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Jamaica Pluchea symphytifolia K002492347 Yes
Wight, A.E. [112] Bahamas, The Pluchea symphytifolia K002492322 Yes
Cock, M.J.W. [s.n.] Vanuatu Pluchea symphytifolia K002491361 Yes
Wright, C. [308] Cuba Pluchea symphytifolia K002492325 Yes
Harris, W.M. [10050] Jamaica Pluchea symphytifolia K002492346 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Jamaica Pluchea symphytifolia K002492351 Yes
[illegible] [11437] Trinidad and Tobago Pluchea symphytifolia K002492331 Yes
Rehder, H.A. [18] Pluchea symphytifolia K002492313 Yes
Fuertes, M. [167] Dominican Republic Pluchea symphytifolia K002492337 Yes
Small, J.K.; Carter, J.J. [8592] Bahamas, The Pluchea symphytifolia K002492323 Yes
Sintenis, P. [3797] Puerto Rico Pluchea symphytifolia K002492334 Yes
von Tuerckheim, H. [1223] Guatemala Neurolaena lobata var. indivisa K001738800 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

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    • 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.
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  • 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

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    • 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

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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

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

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