Asteraceae
Melanthera

Melanthera nivea (L.) Small

First published in Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1251, 1340 (1903)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. U.S.A. to Tropical America. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Illinois

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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:

  • 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.
  • 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.

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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2015 Wright, C. [3609] Cuba K000819519 Isosyntype No
Feb 1, 2015 Wright, C. [3608] Cuba K001097445 Type Yes
Feb 1, 2015 Eggers, Baron [253] Puerto Rico K000819520 No
Oct 1, 2008 Rugel, F. [24] Cuba K000373252 Isosyntype Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Curtiss, A.H. [1415] United States K001065816 Isotype Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Nash, G.V. [1141] United States K001065815 Type Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Schomburgk [24] K000373253 Syntype Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Kuntze, O. [336] Panama K000373249 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Kuntze, O. [1834] Panama K000373247 Isotype Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Turckheim, H., von [3199] K000373255 Type Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Curtiss, A.H. [597] Cuba K000373251 Isotype Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Tate, R. [22] Nicaragua K000373248 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Kerber, E. [44] Mexico K000497378 Type Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Northrop, J.I.; Northrop, A.R. [58] Bahamas, The K000373250 Isolectotype Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8049] Brazil K001030817 Yes
Frierichsthal [s.n.] Guatemala K000373254 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lleras, E. [17365] Brazil K001030815 Yes
Prance, G.T. [16768] Brazil K001030816 Yes
Oersted, A.S. [120] Costa Rica Melanthera lanceolata K000497379 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oersted, A.S. [121] Costa Rica Melanthera lanceolata K000497380 Unknown Type Material Yes
Seemann [254] Panama Melanthera microphylla K000497376 Unknown Type Material Yes
Combs, R. [385] Cuba Melanthera confusa K000497377 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mexico Melanthera hastata K000497381 Unknown Type Material 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 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

  • 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