Asteraceae
Pterocaulon

Pterocaulon alopecuroides (Lam.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 5: 454 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caribbean, Panama to S. Tropical America. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.

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

  • 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.or

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.

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
  • 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?
Jun 1, 2023 Quelch, J. J.; McConnell, F. [306] Guyana K001766230 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Hind, D.J.N.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Gasson, P. [33] Brazil K000053144 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [22098] Brazil K000053145 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Ganev, W. [2753] Brazil K000053142 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 King, R.M.; Bishop, L.E. [8690] Brazil K000053143 Yes
Nov 1, 1998 Hind, D.J.N.; Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M.; Smith, S. [PCD3338] Brazil K000053137 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Schomburgk [1033B] Guyana K000677548 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 1993 Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Lughadha, E.N.; Souza, V.C.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Ganev, W. [H50448] Brazil K000053136 Yes
Sep 1, 1993 Stannard, B.; Ganev, W.; Queiroz, R.F. [H51574] Brazil K000053133 Yes
Sep 1, 1993 Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Lughadha, E.N.; Souza, V.C.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Ganev, W. [H50448] Brazil K000053134 Yes
Aug 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [4488] Peru K000200634 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [4488] Peru K000200635 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [4488] Peru K000200633 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P. [1325] Brazil K000053138 Yes
Woolston, A.L. [479] Paraguay K002482013 Yes
Hoehne, W. [2021] Brazil K001107766 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001107749 Yes
Tessmann, G. [6141] Brazil K001107761 Yes
[Areathavalle] [4157] Uruguay K002482119 Yes
s.coll. [272] Brazil K001107746 Yes
Hassler, E. [1285] Paraguay K002482018 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001107748 Yes
Hassler, E.; Rojas, T. [10250] Paraguay K002482021 Yes
Zardini, E.M.; Villate, L. [46184] Paraguay K002482016 Yes
Salzmann, P. [7] Brazil K000053140 Type Yes
Morong, T. [958A] United States K002482014 Yes
Pires, J.M. [52267] Brazil K001107753 Yes
Hassler, E. [9140] Paraguay K002482020 Yes
Wasum, R. [1033] Brazil K001107745 Yes
Pride, A. [s.n.] Paraguay K002482023 Yes
Sellow [542] Brazil K001107752 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [1657] Guyana K002482010 Yes
Cavalcanti, T.B.; Silva, G.P.; Figueiredo, G.; Charudattan, R. [1247] Brazil K001107755 Yes
Hassler, E. [12119] Paraguay K002482017 Yes
Schomburgk [709] Guyana K000677547 Type Yes
s.coll. [1] Suriname K002482011 Yes
Dusén, P. [8258] Brazil K001107760 Yes
Salzmann, P. [7] Brazil K000053139 Isosyntype Yes
[Hermann] [767] Brazil K000221902 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalcanti, T.B. [1247] Brazil K001107754 Yes
Hassler, E. [6079] Paraguay K002482019 Yes
Tweedie, J. [s.n.] K001107764 Yes
Hassler, E. [2786] Paraguay K002482015 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001107747 Yes
Gibert [993] Uruguay K002482117 Yes
Gibert [993] Uruguay K002482123 Yes
Sellow [499] Brazil K001107750 Yes
Balansa, B. [832] Paraguay K002482022 Yes
Glaziou, A. [5916] Brazil K001107763 Yes
Leitão Filho, H.F. [10171] Brazil K001107767 Yes
Arechavaleta, J. [43] Uruguay K002482122 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Harley, R.M.; Smith, G.L. [30730] Brazil K000053141 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K001107759 Yes
Eiten, G. [2566] Brazil K001107768 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [158] Guyana K002482008 Yes
Woolston, A.L. [1463] Paraguay K002482012 Yes
Gibert, M. [1] Uruguay K002482118 Yes
s.coll. [4102] Uruguay K002482120 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [21082] Brazil K001107756 Yes
Castellanos, A. [23837] Brazil K001107762 Yes
s.coll. [271] Brazil K001107743 Yes
Butt, A.; Boyan, R. [RB65] Guyana K002482009 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K001107751 Yes
Holton, I.F. [24] Colombia K000221900 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mori, S.A. [13284] Brazil K000053135 Yes
Mueller, F. [255] Brazil K001107765 Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001107758 Yes
Schomburgk [709] K000221901 Type Yes
Arechavaleta, J. [44] Uruguay K002482121 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4472] Brazil K001107757 Yes

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

  • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 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