- Family:
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Capraria L.
Capraria biflora L.

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Caribbean. Elevation range: 0–600 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, San Andrés y Providencia.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), desert, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Año nuevo, Escoba de monte, Escoba peluda, Guají, Pericón, Té criollo
[FWTA]
Scrophulariaceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect branched under-shrub, 2-3 ft. high
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white
- Ecology
- In waste places.
[CPLC]
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
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 600 m.; Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- año nuevo, escoba de monte, escoba peluda, pericón, té criollo
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Benin, Bermuda, Cape Verde, Florida, Ghana, Mauritius
Capraria biflora L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 4, 2009 | Wood, J.R.I. [16058], Bolivia | K000542792 | No | ||
Jun 1, 2009 | Wallnofer [9510], Guatemala | K000542856 | No | ||
Jun 1, 2009 | Wallnofer [6085], Guatemala | K000542857 | No | ||
Jun 13, 1921 | Valdes, P. [26], Mexico | K000449061 | Yes | ||
Gaumer, G.F., Mexico | K000449063 | Yes | |||
Gaumer, G.F., Mexico | K000449062 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [63], Bahamas | K000533532 | Yes | |||
Gaumer, G.F., Mexico | K000449064 | Yes | |||
Gaumer, G.F. [87], Mexico | K000449065 | Yes | |||
Greene [s.n.], Cuba | K000533533 | Yes | |||
Turks and Caicos Is. | K000533534 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 628 (1753)
Accepted by
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- Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
- Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (2000). Flore des Mascareignes 127-135: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
- 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.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019). Flora of North America North of Mexico 17: 1-737. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- 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.
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- Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
- Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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- Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- F.T.A. 4, 2: 355
- Sp. Pl. 628 (1753)
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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