Asteraceae
Synedrella

Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.

First published in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 456 (1791)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has social uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laccadive Is., Laos, Line Is., Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Society Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Washington, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Florence, J., Waldren, S. & Chepstow-Lusty, A.J. (1995). The flora of the Pitcairn islands: a review. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56: 79-119.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • 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.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • 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.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Prakash, L. & Balasubramanian, P. (2018). Invasive alien flora of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Southern Eastern Ghats, India. Indian Forester 144: 857-862.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • 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

  • Gaertn., Fruct. & Sem. Pl. 2: 456, t.171, f.7 (1791).

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

  • Chev. Bot. 372.
  • F.T.A. 3: 386, in obs.
  • Fruct. et Sem. Pl. 2: 456, t. 171 (1791)

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Florence, J., Waldren, S. & Chepstow-Lusty, A.J. (1995). The flora of the Pitcairn islands: a review. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56: 79-119.
  • 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].
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • 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.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Masc. 109: 183, t. 61 (1993).
  • Gaertn., Fruct. 2: 456, t. 171 (1791).
  • Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 118 (1991).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 638, fig. 196/1 (1985).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2015 David, B., et al. [CL 828] Cambodia K001045470 Yes
Aug 1, 2015 Paie, I. [S. 51810] Malaysia K001045444 Yes
Jan 1, 2014 Hong-Wa, C., et al. [261] Madagascar K000662439 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Saw, L.G. [48212] Malaysia K000705435 No
Jan 1, 2003 Peter, G.A. [54403] Tanzania K000959906 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Peter, G.A. [54398] Tanzania K000959904 Type Yes
Mar 1, 2002 Paixão, J.L.; Dias, C.M.; Oliveira, F.J.; Bispo, E.; Duarte, R.; Costa, E. [81] Brazil K000054848 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [10182] Cameroon K000108634 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [8317] Cameroon K000108684 No
Jul 1, 2001 Sidwell, K. [390] Cameroon K000108683 No
Oct 1, 1999 Paixão, J.L.; Dias, C.M.; Oliveira, F.J.; Bispo, E.; Duarte, R.; Costa, E. [81] Brazil K000054831 Yes
Jul 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [PCD3376] Brazil K000053610 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Guedes, M.L.; Hind, D.J.N. [7] Brazil K000053611 Yes
Feb 1, 1993 Agra, M.F. [497] Brazil K000054460 Yes
Jul 1, 1979 Mattos Silva, L.A.; dos Santos, T.S.; Ribeiro, A.J. [422] Brazil K000053613 Yes
Jul 1, 1979 Mattos Silva, L.A.; dos Santos, T.S.; Ribeiro, A.J. [424] Brazil K000053612 Yes
Garber, D.W. [549] Samoa K002900369 Yes
Magaji, S.O. [MG 679] Nigeria K002900459 No
St. John, H.; Fosberg, F.R. [16238] K002900394 Yes
[Baum- Bod] [5804] New Caledonia K002900352 Yes
Hakki, M.; Leuenberger, B.; Schiers, C. [97] Togo K002900456 No
Obasheki, J.K. [FHI 23833] Nigeria K002900461 No
Bryan Jr., E.H. [55] K002900364 Yes
Santo, E. [1018] Guinea-Bissau K002900412 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K002900423 No
Deighton, F.C. [1870] Sierra Leone K002900419 No
Soakai, E. [474] Tonga K001739626 Yes
Burchell [9597] Brazil K000955723 Yes
Whiting, A.G.S. [1] Ghana K002900445 No
Lawrence, E. [108] Tonga K002900383 Yes
Lawrence, E. [1] Tonga K002900377 Yes
Harris, W. [Lot 2504] Samoa K002900368 Yes
Molmou, D.; Couch, C.; Gandteka, A.; Kaba, S. [4] Guinea K002900409 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2117] Cote d'Ivoire K002900433 No
Whistler, W.A. [W 4408] Samoa K002900365 Yes
Farmar, L. [323] Guinea K002900411 No
Peter, G.A. [K776] Tanzania K000959907 Type Yes
Setchell, W.A.; Parks, H.E. [15389] Tonga K002900385 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [5164] Ghana K002900447 No
Whistler, W.A. [W 4600] Samoa K002900366 Yes
Sukhorukov, A.P. [736] Grenada K001574230 Yes
Eames, A.J. [40] Samoa K002900373 Yes
[H. N. F. Jhnson] [624] Ghana K002900442 No
Morton, J.K. [6028] Togo K002900436 No
de Nere [966] Congo, Republic of the K001612952 Yes
Souza, V.C.; Zappi, D.C.; Hind, D.J.N.; Paula-Souza, J.; Jennings, L.; Romao, G.O.; Rando, J.G.; Ferreira, M.A.P.; Miranda, E. [32872] Brazil K000747056 Yes
Emwiogbou, J.A. [FHI 43534] Nigeria K002900466 No
Soakai, E. [290] Tonga K002900379 No
Kumasi; Irvine, F.R. [109] Ghana K002900441 No
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [453] Sierra Leone K002900426 No
Lawrence, E. [157] Tonga K002900375 No
Marmo, V. [51] Sierra Leone K002900421 No
Rodriguez, D.; Recinos, F. [6226] El Salvador K001532198 No
Wilder, G.P. [3] Cook Islands K002900393 Yes
Vaupel, F. [2] Samoa K001739625 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [6949] Liberia K002900428 No
Greenwood, W. [91] Fiji K002900356 Yes
s.coll. [3888] Sierra Leone K002900413 No
Whistler, W.A.; Steele, O. [11251] K002900404 No
Sledge, W.A. [1902] K002900402 Yes
Gbile; Wit; Daramola [FHI 64090] Nigeria K002900469 No
Stubbings, H.G. [197] Nigeria K002900470 No
Degener, O.; Ordonez, E. [13518] Fiji K002900362 Yes
Adam, J.G. [15674] Senegal K002900407 No
Talbot [392] Nigeria K002900475 No
Innes, R.R. [1063] Ghana K002900449 No
Terry, P.J. [3180] Gambia, The K002900408 No
Grant, M.L. [3650] K002900389 Yes
Florence, J. [2982] French Polynesia K002900399 Yes
Sukhorukov, A. [279] Grenada K001574234 Yes
Ledermann [13878] K002900405 No
Linder, D.H. [553] Liberia K002900430 No
Soakai, E. [881] Tonga K002900382 Yes
Emwiogbon, J.A. [FHI 63936] Nigeria K001739627 No
Morton, J.K. [6101] Ghana K002900444 No
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17266] Brazil K000053614 Yes
Decker, B.G. [517] K002900398 Yes
Schäfer, P.A. [5672] K002900396 Yes
Ern, H.; Hein, B.; Pircher, A. [628] Togo K002900455 No
Cheek, M.; Elad; Ndumbe, P. [3550] Cameroon K000875477 Yes
Soakai, E. [459] Tonga K002900386 Yes
Soakai, E. [422] Tonga K002900387 Yes
MacGregor, W.D. [356] K002900473 No
Yuncker, T.G. [9111] Samoa K002900371 Yes
Morton, J.K. [K800] Ghana K002900446 No
Harris, W. [18] Samoa K002900370 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [674] Sierra Leone K002900420 No
Irvine, F.R. [4849] Ghana K002900448 No
Ern, H.; Leuenberger, B.; Scholz, H.; Scholz, U.; Schwarz, W. [1078] Togo K002900451 No
Hepper, F.N. [908] Sierra Leone K002900424 No
Jones, A.P.D. [2020] Nigeria K002900462 No
Parham, J.W. [9129] Fiji K002900363 Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [337] Cote d'Ivoire K002900431 No
s.coll. [8715] Cote d'Ivoire K002900432 No
Lawrence, E. [1] Tonga K002900378 Yes
s.coll. [454] K002900465 No
Greenwood, W. [91 A] Fiji K002900359 Yes
Lawrence, E. [15] Tonga K002900376 Yes
Daniel, P.M. [86] Liberia K002900429 No
Howes, F.N. [1011] Ghana K002900438 No
Hagerup, O. [686] Nigeria K002900460 No
Irvine, F.R. [1159] Ghana K002900440 No
Whistler, W.A. [ W 2335] Samoa K002900367 Yes
Ern, H.; Hein, B.; Pircher, A. [182] Togo K002900453 No
Mori, S.; Kisseadoo, S. [19217] Ghana K002900435 No
Bristol, M.L. [2020] Samoa K002900374 Yes
Ern, H.; Hein, B.; Pircher, A. [237] Togo K002900452 No
Florence [10155] French Polynesia K002900400 Yes
Hiepko, P.; Schultze-Motel, W. [149] Togo K002900457 No
Peter, G.A. [K775] Tanzania K000959905 Type Yes
Greenwood, W. [91] Fiji K002900358 Yes
Rowland [s.n.] K002900468 No
Morton, J.K. [SL 759] K002900422 No
Thomas, N.W. [9305] Sierra Leone K002900417 No
Mckee, H.S. [3907] New Caledonia K002900354 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4784] Brazil K001103945 Yes
Kitson, A.E. [1034] Ghana K002900439 No
Harvey, M.J. [108] Sierra Leone K002900425 No
Chillou, J. [666] Guinea K002900410 No
Florence, J.; Teikiteetini, M. [9336] French Polynesia K002900397 Yes
Christophersen, E.; Hume, E.P. [1856] Samoa K002900372 Yes
Talbot, D.A. [392] Nigeria K002900474 No
Pilz, G.E. [1813] Nigeria K002900467 No
Florence [10274] French Polynesia K002900390 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1019] Sierra Leone K002900416 No
Cluttrell [50] Cook Islands K002900392 Yes
Gledhill, D. [DG 38] Sierra Leone K002900415 No
Hiepko, P.; Schultze-Motel, W. [49] Togo K002900454 No
Bos, J.J. [2686] Liberia K002900427 No
Smith, A.C. [7973] Fiji K002900360 Yes
[iliams] [10] Ghana K002900437 No
{Mrs. V. Scarth-Johnson} [89] Tonga K002900388 Yes
Burchell [9907-2] Brazil K000955724 Yes
s.coll. [4] Ghana K002900443 No
Lawrence, E. [3] Tonga K002900384 Yes
Mitchell, B.A. [96] Christmas Island K002900401 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [11495] New Caledonia K002900353 Yes
Telford, I.R.; Howard, C. [10050] Fiji K002900355 Yes
Teixeira, L.O.A. [395] Brazil K001103946 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [2020] K002900418 No
Innes, R.R. [30989] Ghana K002900450 No
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000054461 Yes
Teixeira, L.O.A. [395] Brazil K001103944 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [3224] Sierra Leone K002900414 No
Kennedy, J.D. [3044] Nigeria K002900471 No
Magaji, S.O. [MG679] Nigeria K002900458 No
Newberry, R.J.; Etim, A.E. [144] Nigeria K002900464 No
Takamatsu, M. [1606] Palau K002900406 No
Peter, G.A. [K792] Tanzania K000959903 Type Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28103] Nigeria K002900463 No
Smith, A.C. [9499] Fiji K002900361 Yes
MacGregor, W.D. [356] Nigeria K002900472 No
Wrigley, T.C.; Melville, F.A. [80] K000764125 Yes
Mackee, H.S. [44295] Cook Islands K002900391 Yes
Schäfer, P.A.; Oliver, R.L. [5288] K002900395 Yes
Maggs, C.H. [44] K002900403 Yes
Greenwood, W. [91] Fiji K002900357 Yes

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