Asteraceae
Pterocaulon

Pterocaulon virgatum (L.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 5: 454 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Texas, Uruguay

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

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
  • 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
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner [4894] Brazil K000958326 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner [4894] Brazil K000958328 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Glaziou [5916] Brazil K000958327 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K000955625 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [1767] Brazil K000955629 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [1767] Brazil K000955626 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [4474] Brazil K000955628 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [2785] Brazil K000955624 Yes
Luis, T. [33] Brazil K001103473 Yes
Quelch, J. J.; McConnell, F. [159] Guyana K001766231 Yes
Secco, R.S. [336] Brazil K001103480 Yes
Burchell [975] Brazil K000955627 Yes
Mimura, I. [222] Brazil K001103474 Yes
Merril, L.R. [8961] Brazil K001103479 Yes
Hunt, D.R. [5487] Brazil K001103478 Yes
Harris [s.n.] Brazil K001103481 Yes
Riedel [1134] Brazil K000955630 Yes
Glaziou, A. [15110] Brazil K001103472 Yes
Philcox, D. [4340] Brazil Gnaphalium spicatum K001107706 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Gnaphalium spicatum K001107711 Yes
Lillie, D.G. [22] Brazil Gnaphalium spicatum K001107734 Yes
s.coll. [6584] Brazil Gnaphalium spicatum K001107712 Yes
Gillies, L. [13] Chile Gnaphalium spicatum K000500391 Unknown Type Material Yes
Parodi [25] Brazil Gnaphalium spicatum K001107708 Yes
Darwin [333] Chile Gnaphalium spicatum K000500392 Lectotype Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] Gnaphalium spicatum K001107709 Yes
Spruce, R. [4449] Peru Gnaphalium spicatum K000200826 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mueller, F. [358] Brazil Gnaphalium spicatum K001107710 Yes
Philcox, D. [4287] Brazil Gnaphalium spicatum K001107707 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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

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