Asteraceae
Struchium

Struchium sparganophorum (L.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 366 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Mexico to Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Comoros, Congo, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Robinson, H. & Funk, V. (2018). 190(1). Compositae-Vernonieae. Flora of Ecuador 94: 1-128. Gothenburg University.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Sparganophorus sparganophora.]

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

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • 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.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • 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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • 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/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2015 Middleton, D.J., et al. [4317] Thailand K001045468 Yes
Aug 1, 2015 Awa, Dyg.; Paie, I. [S. 47456] Malaysia K001045441 Yes
Aug 1, 2015 Lee, B. [S. 55684] Malaysia K001045442 Yes
Aug 1, 2015 Paie, I. [S. 51808] Malaysia K001045443 Yes
Aug 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [1045] Brazil K000054026 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 2012 Burchell [1064] Brazil K000955107 Yes
Jun 1, 2012 Burchell, J.W. [3440] Brazil K000955106 Yes
Jun 1, 2012 Burchell [9376] Brazil K000955108 Yes
Dec 1, 2010 Darbyshire, I. [212] Cameroon K000199819 Yes
Dec 1, 2010 Etuge, M. [5157] Cameroon K000199820 Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Wright, C. [2783] Cuba K000373105 Type Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Gay, J. [332] K000373104 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 2004 Souza, V.C.; Souza, J.P.; Scalon, V.R.; Romão, G.O.; Araújo, A.O. [24638] Brazil K000964331 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000068406 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Gardner, G. [1045] Brazil K000068407 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Anderson, A.B.; Strudwick, J.; Sobel, G.; Gonçalves, M.; Rosário, C.; Baia, R.; Vasconcelos, P.C.; Pinto, M.G. [1054] Brazil K000964332 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Thomas, D.W. [2551] Cameroon K000051450 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Lleras, E.; Steward, W.C.; Ongley, J.C.; Coelho, D.F.; et al. [P17082] Brazil K000964328 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Maas, P.J.M.; Maas, H. [233] Brazil K000964329 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Prance, G.T.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [8308] Brazil K000964334 Yes
Sep 1, 1962 S. Irwin, H.; Egler, W.A. [47539] Brazil K000964327 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [12226] Cote d'Ivoire K001562650 Yes
Glaziou, A. [12802] Brazil K000964333 Yes
Baker [625] Brazil K000964335 Yes
Rusby, H.H. [1628] Brazil K000964336 Yes
Thompson, S.A. [1471] Cameroon K000051449 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K000964337 Yes
Ule, E. [5142] Brazil K000964330 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K000997565 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Maitland, T.D. [977] Cameroon Sparganophorus sparganophora K000051452 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Maitland, T.D. [358] Cameroon Sparganophorus sparganophora K000051453 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Morton, J.K. [905] Cameroon Sparganophorus sparganophora K000051451 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • 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/
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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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

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

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    • 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