Asteraceae
Acanthospermum

Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 303 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Caribbean to S. Tropical America. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Alabama, Angola, Arkansas, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Malaya, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Mozambique, New South Wales, New York, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Queensland, South Carolina, Swaziland, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Flora of China Editorial Committee (1988-2013). Checklist & Addendum. Flora of China Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Asteraceae. Flora of North America North of Mexico 21: 1-616. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Lautenschläger, T. & al (2020). New records for the flora of Angola: observations from Uíge and Cuanza Norte. Plant ecology and evolution 153: 132-142.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

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

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Kew's Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Lautenschläger, T. & al (2020). New records for the flora of Angola: observations from Uíge and Cuanza Norte. Plant ecology and evolution 153: 132-142.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • 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/
  • 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
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Garcia, H. (1992). Flora Medicinal de Colombia. Botánica Médica. Segunda Edición. Tercer Mundo Editores. Tomo III.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2012 Burchell, J. [1349] Brazil K000955663 Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [3297] Brazil K000895494 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [3297] Brazil K000895493 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [1173] Brazil K000955666 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [8553] Brazil K000955665 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [6589] Brazil K000955664 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [1090] Brazil K000955661 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Gardner, G. [2902] Brazil K000054549 Yes
Nov 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Bautista, H.P.; da Silva, M.M. [PCD4121] Brazil K000053280 Yes
Oct 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Funch, L. [PCD3791] Brazil K000053275 Yes
Jun 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Bautista, H.P.; Smith, S.; Giulietti, A.M. [PCD3237] Brazil K000053279 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Noblick, L.R. [2695] Brazil K000053284 Yes
Aug 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P. [2599] Brazil K000053286 Yes
Jul 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001058999 Yes
Mar 1, 1993 Hind, D.J.N.; Queiroz, R.F. [H50003] Brazil K000053283 Yes
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Stannard, B. [27104] Brazil K000053287 Yes
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Simão, R.; Hind, D.J.N.; Fothergill, J.M. [25345] Brazil K000053276 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Mori, S.; dos Santos, T.S.; White, I. [10353] Brazil K000053278 Yes
Jul 1, 1975 Letouzey, R. [13953] Cameroon K000052278 Yes
Spruce, R. [3865] Peru K001062029 Yes
Gillivray, J.M. [317] Brazil K001031744 Yes
Pires, J.M. [52249] Brazil K001031711 Yes
Trinte, Z.A. [705] Brazil K001031723 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [9541] Brazil K001031717 Yes
Etuge, M.; Ndong Emmanuel [4347r] Cameroon K001222521 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [13450] Brazil K001031719 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [43327] Brazil K001031738 Yes
Gaudichaud [s.n.] Brazil K000502117 Unknown Type Material Yes
Anderson, W.R. [10335] Brazil K001031720 Yes
King, R.M. [8187] Brazil K001031715 Yes
s.coll. [583] Brazil K001031706 Yes
Campbell, D.G. [22164] Brazil K001031755 Yes
Glaziou [13999] Brazil K001031742 Yes
Nelson, B.W.; Nelson, S.P. [1121] Brazil K001031728 Yes
Glaziou, A. [21594] Brazil K001031745 Yes
Lowe, J. [371] Brazil K001031714 Yes
Blanchet, J.S. [s.n.] Brazil K000053285 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [477] Brazil K001031749 Yes
Vaughan, J.G. [37] Brazil K001031747 Yes
Harley, R.M. [55181] Brazil K001031735 Yes
Hunt, D.R. [5437] Brazil K001031746 Yes
Fonseca, M.L. [2514] Brazil K001031718 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; M de Carvalho, A.; Soares Nunes, J.M.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [22719] Brazil K000053277 Yes
Pereira, E. [10274] Brazil K001031753 Yes
Harley, R.M. [25181] Brazil K001031722 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [26135] Brazil K001031748 Yes
[533] Brazil K000053282 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [476] Brazil K001031726 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Roth, C. [1401] Bolivia K000295492 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Ribeiro, F.; Sousa Silva, J.C.; Cozac, L.F.A.; Almeida, S.P.; Sano, S.M. [4261] Brazil K001031716 Yes
Lowe, J. [3939] Brazil K001031713 Yes
Rambo, B. [46871] Brazil K001031750 Yes
Windgren [182] Brazil K001031724 Yes
Hill, S.R. [12787] Brazil K001031712 Yes
Glaziou, A. [13999] Brazil K001031743 Yes
Spruce, R. [1215] Brazil K001062028 Yes
Rambo, B. [46665] Brazil K001031732 Yes
Carvalho, P.D. [326] Brazil K001031736 Yes
Harley, R.M. [54582] Brazil K001031737 Yes
s.coll. [583] Brazil K001031707 Yes
Boog, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001031709 Yes
Poiteau [s.n.] French Guiana K000502118 Unknown Type Material Yes
Carneiro-Torres, D.S. [667] Brazil K001031721 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, W.C.; Harter, F.P.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Monteiro, O.P. [10901] Brazil K001031733 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K001031710 Yes
Rambo, B. [46689] Brazil K001031751 Yes
Prance, G.T. [14379] Brazil K001031740 Yes
Prance, G.T. [P/25869] Brazil K001031727 Yes
Burchell [4085] Brazil K000955662 Yes
Philcox, D. [3215] Brazil K001031754 Yes
Strudwick, J.J. [4143] Brazil K001031729 Yes
Salzmann, P. [38] Brazil K000053274 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [477] Brazil K001031725 Yes
Saltzman, P. [38] Brazil K000053281 Yes
Smith, L.B. [1591] Brazil K001031741 Yes
Riedel [436] Brazil K001031708 Yes
Mueller, F. [362] Brazil K001031734 Yes
Prance, G.T. [11169] Brazil K001031739 Yes
Glaziou, A. [5919] Brazil K001031730 Yes
Lasseigne, A. [22593] Brazil K001031752 Yes
Rambo, B. [47051] Brazil K001031731 Yes

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

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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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • 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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    • ColPlantA database
    • 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