Rosaceae
Acaena

Acaena ovalifolia Ruiz & Pav.

First published in Fl. Peruv. 1: 67 (1798)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America to Falkland Islands. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Juan Fernández Is., Peru

Introduced into:

Great Britain, Ireland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
  • 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.
  • Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (eds.) (1996). Flora of Ecuador 56: 1-169. Gothenburg University.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R. & Junikka, L. (2004). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 13: 1-320.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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

  • 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.
  • Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (eds.) (1996). Flora of Ecuador 56: 1-169. Gothenburg University.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R. & Junikka, L. (2004). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 13: 1-320.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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?
Dusén, P.K.H. [5626] Argentina K000857683 Type Yes
Stork, H.E.; Horton, O.B. [10183] Peru K004618663 Yes
Rusby, H.H. [467] Bolivia K004618685 Yes
Buchtien, O. [16] Bolivia K004618682 Yes
Stork, H.E.; Horton, O.B. [10331] Peru K004618664 Yes
Bernardi [1244] Venezuela K004618665 Yes
Savatier, L. [s.n.] Peru K004618666 Yes
Iltis, H.H.; Ugent, D. [640] Peru K004618677 Yes
Mathews [812] Peru K004618668 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.; Quintana, F. [24739A] Ecuador K004618676 Yes
Lechler [3029] Chile K000486094 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luteyn, J.L.; Lebron-Luteyn, M. [5465] Peru K004618673 Yes
Ruhsam, M. [DMR352] United Kingdom K001873025 No
Williams, R.S. [2395] Bolivia K004618686 Yes
Saunders, S.G.E. [743] Peru K004618662 Yes
Skottsberg, C.J.F.; Skottsberg, I. [35] Chile K000857682 Type Yes
Pearce, R. [s.n.] Bolivia K004618683 Yes
Skottsberg, C.J.F.; Skottsberg, I. [440] Chile K000857681 Type Yes
Mandon, G. [671] Bolivia K000486004 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hohenacker, W.R.F. [2951] Chile K000486093 Unknown Type Material Yes
André, É. [2340] K004618671 Yes
Cazalet, P.C.D.; Pennington, T.D. [5387] Ecuador K004618674 Yes
Hall [78] K004618667 Yes
Solomon, J.C. [11411] Bolivia K004618681 Yes
Lechler [2929] Chile K000486095 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [3146] K004618672 Yes
St. G. Beck [11973] Bolivia K004618679 Yes
Bridges [772] Chile K000486097 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [6122] K004618670 Yes
Balls, E.K. [B5822] Ecuador K004618669 Yes
Ruiz; Pavon [1179] Peru K000486005 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boeke, J.D.; Jaramillo, J. [2484] Ecuador K004618675 Yes
Cuming, H [843] K000486096 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Mercado, M.; Mendoza, M. [18678] Bolivia K004618678 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [9330] Bolivia K004618680 Yes
Steinbach, J. [8524] Bolivia K004618684 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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