Family:
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl

Stevia Cav.

This genus is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical America.

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, India, Jawa, New South Wales, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, West Himalaya

Stevia Cav. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rico, L. [1241], Bolivia K000295263 No
Rico, L. [1320], Bolivia K000295136 No

First published in Icon. 4: 32 (1797)

Accepted by

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0