Gamochaeta

Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera

First published in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 9: 377 (1961)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Canada to Tropical America. It is an annual or biennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virginia, West Virginia

Introduced into:

Assam, Azores, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mauritius, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Portugal, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tasmania, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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:

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.J. Scott in Fl. Mascar. 109: 71, t. 24 (1993).
  • Cabrera in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 9: 377 (1961).

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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • Garcia, H. (1992). Flora Medicinal de Colombia. Botánica Médica. Segunda Edición. Tercer Mundo Editores. Tomo III.
  • 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, 2011 Bally [B10697] Kenya K000787963 Yes
Wolley-Dod, A.H. [308A] United States K002328108 Yes
Tracy, J.P. [15163] United States K002328110 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002328089 Yes
French, G.H. [1551] United States K002328127 Yes
Bigelow, J.M.; Whipple, A.W. [s.n.] United States K002328091 Yes
Mboya, E. [635] Tanzania K000612979 Yes
Nesom, G.L. [NC99-5-1] United States K002328120 Yes
Hall, E. [367] United States K002328103 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Hodgdon, A.R. [s.n.] United States K002328119 Yes
Rosendahl, C.O. [1868] Canada K002328105 Yes
Blake, S.F. [9437] United States K002328113 Yes
s.coll. [512] Brazil K002328152 Yes
Hansen, G. [377] United States K002328100 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002328095 Yes
Shafer, J.A. [8958] Cuba K002328155 Yes
Bush, B.F. [26] United States K002328099 Yes
Copeland, E.B. [3312] United States K002328107 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002328090 Yes
{Sprague} [s.n.] K002328126 Yes
Pruski, J.; Ortiz, R.; Brant, A.E. [4341] United States K002328114 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [3960] United States K002328106 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [7300] United States K002328111 Yes
Rose, L.S. [33139] United States K002328109 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002328092 Yes
Zeller, S.M.; Zeller, E.B. [865] United States K002328128 Yes
{Hooker} [s.n.] Jamaica K002328153 Yes
Ahles, H.E.; Ashworth, R.P. [40222] United States K002328123 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002328096 Yes
{Eggers} [2019] K002328154 Yes
Godfrey, R.K. [48090] United States K002328122 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [52] United States K002328112 Yes
Drummond, T. [162] United States K002328104 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [349] Cuba K002328151 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Hodgdon, A.R. [s.n.] United States K002328118 Yes
{Richt.; Kampmann} [179] United States K002328102 Yes
Nesom, G. [WMGT 3] United States K002328121 Yes
Booth, J. [s.n.] K002328125 Yes
{Darlington} [s.n.] United States K002328124 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002328094 Yes
Wright, C. [2866] Cuba K002328156 Yes
{Drummond} [s.n.] United States K002328093 Yes
Hale, J.; Alexandri, L.A. [s.n.] K002328098 Yes
s.coll. [2558] K002328101 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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 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

  • 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

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • 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