Asteraceae
Mikania

Mikania parviflora (Aubl.) H.Karst.

First published in Deut. Fl.: 1061 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Panama to S. Tropical America. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

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:

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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?
Aug 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [4118] Peru K000200519 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [4118] Peru K000200518 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Rimachi, M. [7537] Peru K001483388 Yes
Hostmann [602] Suriname K000500015 Type Yes
Feuillet, C. [2854] French Guiana K001636924 No
Ecuador K001483386 Yes
Peru K001483387 Yes
Peru K001483389 Yes
Venezuela K001483390 Yes
Maguire, B.; Fanshawe, D.B. [23349] Guyana Mikania amara K003040566 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [819] Guyana Mikania amara K003040570 Yes
Poiteau [s.n.] French Guiana Mikania amara K003040576 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Feuillet, C.; Hiepko, P.; Skog, L.E.; ter Welle, B.J.H. [413] Guyana Mikania amara K003040564 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Chanderbali, A.S.; Raghoenandan, U.P.D.; James, V. [3597] Guyana Mikania amara K003040567 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Prance, G.T.; Soderstrom, T.R.; Holmgren, N. [54890] Suriname Mikania amara K003040572 Yes
s.coll. [F1165] Guyana Mikania amara K003040565 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [764] Guyana Mikania amara K003040568 Yes
Aelson [447] Guyana Mikania amara K003040571 Yes
Wessels Boer, J.G. [928] Suriname Mikania amara K003040569 Yes
P.S. [344] French Guiana Mikania amara K003040574 Yes
Acevedo-Rodriguez, P.; Mori, S.A.; Poncy, O.; Perez, A.; Crozier, F. [12367] French Guiana Mikania amara K003040573 Yes
Poiteau [s.n.] Brazil Mikania amara K003040575 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Lleras, E.; Steward, W.C.; Ongley, J.C.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Lima, J.F. [P17448] Brazil Mikania divaricata K000925918 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Woolcott, D.B.; Coelho, D.F.; Monteiro, O.P.; Ramos, J.F. [15244] Brazil Mikania divaricata K000925917 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Cavalcante, P. [2446] Brazil Mikania divaricata K000925915 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6789] Brazil Mikania divaricata K000925914 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [3113] Brazil Mikania divaricata K000925916 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil Mikania divaricata K000925919 Yes
Ule, E. [6238] Peru Mikania loretensis K000500160 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hostmann [602] Suriname Mikania stipitata K000978090 Type 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

  • 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

  • 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