Acanthaceae
Tetramerium

Tetramerium nervosum Nees

First published in G.Bentham, Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 148 (1846)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Arizona to Texas and Central America, W. South America to N. Venezuela. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Texas, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Gutiérrez, J. & Solano, E. (2014). Afinidades florísticas y fitogeográficas de la vegetación del municipio de San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, México. Acta Botanica Mexicana 107: 27-65. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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

  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Gutiérrez, J. & Solano, E. (2014). Afinidades florísticas y fitogeográficas de la vegetación del municipio de San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, México. Acta Botanica Mexicana 107: 27-65. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • USDA, NRCS (2005-2020). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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?
Jan 1, 1992 Martin, P.S. Mexico K000080100 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Salinas T., A.; Tenorio L, P. [5898] Mexico K000080099 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Sinclair [s.n.] Mexico K000080097 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Palmer, E. [86] Mexico K000080086 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Seler, E.G. [1367] Mexico K000080101 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Liebmann [10752] Mexico K000529482 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 s.coll. [595] Mexico K000529481 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Gaumer, G.F. [398] Mexico K000080111 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Linden, J. [191] Mexico K000080090 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Liebmann, F. [s.n.] Mexico K000080094 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Sinclair, J. [s.n.] Mexico K000080088 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Gaumer, G.F. Mexico K000080104 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Hinton, G.B. [2963] Mexico K000080105 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Berlandier [1640] Mexico K000529484 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Hinton, G.B.; et al. [11327] Mexico K000080107 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Parkinson [s.n.] Mexico K000529483 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Coulter, T. [1206] Mexico K000080098 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Hinton, G.B. [2991] Mexico K000080109 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Coulter [1205] Mexico K000080089 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Hinton, G.B. [9789] Mexico K000080108 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Sinclair [s.n.] Ecuador K000529486 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Palmer, E. [240] Mexico K000080103 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Berlandier [1640] Mexico K000529485 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Bourgeau, M. [1261] Mexico K000080091 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Palmer, E. [125/203] Mexico K000080092 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Sinclair [s.n.] Honduras K000529487 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Wright, C. [1466] Mexico K000529480 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Hinton, G.B. [711] Mexico K000080093 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Hinton, G.B.; et al. [5546] Mexico K000080106 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [437] Mexico K000080095 Yes
Ramamoorthy, T.P.; Sousa P., M.; Basurto, P. [1287] Mexico K000080083 Yes
Johnston, I.M. [4362] Mexico K000080113 Yes
Purpus, C.A. [83] Mexico K000080114 Yes
Peterson, K.M.; Broome, R. [390] Mexico K000080084 Yes
Mexia, Y. [8910] Mexico K000080087 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [9806] Mexico K000080102 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [23592] Mexico K000080112 Yes
Palmer, E. [1132] Mexico K000080119 Yes
Palmer, E. [1089] Mexico K000080116 Yes
Hartman, C.V. [76] Mexico K000080117 Yes
Parry, C.C.; Palmer, E. [700] Mexico K000080115 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [11080] Mexico K000080120 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5069] Colombia K001295763 Yes
Palmer, E. [625] Mexico K000080118 Yes
Daniel, T.F.; Baker, M. [3633] Mexico K000080085 Yes
Gentry, H.S. [2886] Mexico Tetramerium hispidum K000080096 Yes
Moran, R.V. [6925] Mexico Tetramerium hispidum K000080110 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

    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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