Asteraceae
Eleutheranthera

Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.

First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 24: 239 (1866)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Madeira, Malaya, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Western Australia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Sch. Bip., Bot. Zeit. 24: 165 (1866).

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

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Meikle in Kew Bull. 8: 118 (1953).
  • in Bot. Zeit. 24: 165 (1866)

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • 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].
  • 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.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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?
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [3294] Brazil K000895473 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [3294] Brazil K000895474 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [6051] Brazil K000895476 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [6051] Brazil K000895475 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [8435] Brazil K000955691 Yes
Jul 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001062038 Yes
Jul 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [814] Brazil K001062037 Yes
Feb 1, 1993 Agra, M.F. [498] Brazil K000054409 Yes
Lim, C.L.; Beentje, H.J.; Nazri, A. [FRI56692] Malaysia K002871537 Yes
Ledua, M.K. [11074] Fiji K002871569 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W4633] Samoa K002871574 Yes
White, C.T. [8956] Australia K002871564 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [31472β] Indonesia K002871552 Yes
Stevens, P.F. [LAE 50141] Papua New Guinea K002871558 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [3224] Nigeria K002871597 Yes
Blake, S.T. [23273] Australia K002871565 Yes
[Barker, A.J.D.] [1318] Liberia K002871587 Yes
[U. G. Adam] [[16365]] Liberia K002871588 Yes
Hansell, J.F. [BSIP 15510] Solomon Islands K002871568 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL953] Sierra Leone K002871579 Yes
Smith, H.H. [672] Colombia K001482731 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [10438] Sierra Leone K002871578 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A419] Ghana K002871595 Yes
Burkill, H.M.; [Kiah] [HMB655] Malaysia K002871539 Yes
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [104] Sierra Leone K002871584 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL653] Sierra Leone K002871585 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A2458] Ghana K002871596 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A2223] Ghana K002871594 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [33149] Singapore K002871540 Yes
Cheek, M.; Elad; Ndumbe, P. [3549] Cameroon K000875476 Yes
Greenwood, W. [772A] Fiji K002871572 Yes
Greenwood, W. [772] Fiji K002871570 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [8293] Sierra Leone K002871581 Yes
Burchell [8473/2] Brazil K000955692 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [6654] Indonesia K002871560 Yes
Morton, J.K. [6574] Ghana K002871591 Yes
Greenwood, W. [772] Fiji K002871571 Yes
Clarkson, J.R.; Neldner, V.J. [10058] Australia K002871566 Yes
Esser, H.J.; van de Bult, M. [0805] Thailand K002871548 Yes
Adelbert, A.G.L. [318] Indonesia K002871554 Yes
Taylor, P. [(NMII) P663] Indonesia K002871550 Yes
Gay, H. [575] Papua New Guinea K002871557 Yes
Buzacott, J.H. [6] Australia K002871562 Yes
Murata, G.; Fukuoka, N.; Phengklai, C. [T17550] Thailand K002871549 Yes
Whiting, A.G.S. [12] Ghana K002871592 Yes
Pullen, R. [6963] Papua New Guinea K002871559 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K002871547 Yes
White, C.T. [8956] Australia K002871563 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Shafeeg, A. [14888] Maldives K002871544 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W2296] Samoa K002871575 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC6574] Ghana K002871593 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [911] Sierra Leone K002871582 Yes
de Vogel; Vermeulen [6850] Indonesia K002871551 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [18629] Singapore K002871542 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [9259] American Samoa K002871573 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [339] Sri Lanka K002871543 Yes
Majawat, G. [SAN 90806] Malaysia K002871541 Yes
Lisowski, S. [51999] Guinea K002871577 Yes
Buwalda, P. [6065] Indonesia K002871553 Yes
s.coll. [774] India K002871545 Yes
Yen, D.E. [BSIP18127] Solomon Islands K002871567 Yes
Takeuchi, W.; Wiakabu, J.; Gorrez, M.; Towati, A. [14236] Papua New Guinea K002871556 Yes
Bristol, M.L. [2491] Samoa K002871576 Yes
Sennart, S.; Waterhouse, B.M. [LAE88069] Papua New Guinea K002871555 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [5882] Liberia K002871586 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P4062] Singapore K002871538 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K002871546 Yes
Hall, J.B. [GC47024] Ghana K002871590 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3257] Sierra Leone K002871583 Yes
Assi, A. [5485] Cote d'Ivoire K002871589 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [1352] Nigeria K002871598 Yes
Williams, D.G. [119] Australia K002871561 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9885] Sierra Leone K002871580 Yes
West Tropical S. America K001482729 Yes
West Tropical S. America K001482730 Yes
West Tropical S. America K001482732 Yes
West Tropical S. America K001482733 Yes
West Tropical S. America K001482734 Yes
West Tropical S. America K001482735 Yes

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