Asteraceae
Baccharis

Baccharis pedunculata (Mill.) Cabrera

First published in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 7: 240 (1959)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Mexico to Tropical Smerica. It is a scrambling subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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'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

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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?
Aug 1, 2014 Spruce, R. [4864] Peru K000200781 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 2014 Spruce, R. [4864] Peru K000200782 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 2014 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000200780 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Ellsworth, K.P. [7818] Colombia K001478739 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Hutchison, P.C.; Idrobo, J.M. [3050] Colombia K001478725 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001736851 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [2997] Costa Rica K002652291 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002652520 Yes
Chacon, R.; Nilsson, V. [286] Costa Rica K002652289 Yes
Carballo, R.A.; Aldana, J. [558] El Salvador K002652294 Yes
King, R.M.; Castro, V. [10004] Costa Rica K002652293 Yes
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [1226] K001736853 Yes
Pineda, C.; Hernández-Mariné, M.C. [280] K002652288 Yes
Anderson, J. [s.n.] K001736852 Yes
Eggers, H.F.A. [76] Dominica K002652519 Yes
Rivera, G.; Esquivel, E.; Hodmams, J. [1963] Costa Rica K002652292 Yes
Tonduz, A. [s.n.] Costa Rica K002652290 Yes
Bolivia (Cochabamba) K000067986 Yes
Bolivia (Cochabamba) K001478724 Yes
Ecuador K001478728 Yes
Ecuador K001478729 Yes
Ecuador K001478730 Yes
Ecuador K001478731 Yes
Ecuador K001478732 Yes
Ecuador K001478733 Yes
Ecuador K001478734 Yes
Ecuador K001478735 Yes
Ecuador K001478736 Yes
Peru K001478737 Yes
Peru K001478738 Yes
Colombia K001478739 Yes
Colombia K001478740 Yes
Venezuela K001478741 Yes
Panama K001478742 Yes
Colombia K001478743 Yes
Colombia K001478726 No
Colombia K001478727 No
Grisebach, A.H.R. [399] Dominica Baccharis speciosa K002652521 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Cowell, J.F. [567] Saint Kitts and Nevis Baccharis speciosa K002652523 Yes
Imray [164] Dominica Baccharis speciosa K002652522 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 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • 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