Stevia ovata Willd.

First published in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 855 (1809)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Venezuela and Peru. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Texas, Venezuela

Introduced into:

India, Jawa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, West Himalaya

Classification

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Publications

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 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/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Lehmann, F.C. [3672] Colombia K000373885 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Lehman [5968] Colombia K000373884 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Hartweg [1090] Colombia K000373902 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Zarucchi, J.L.; Brant, A.E.; Roldan, J. [5874] Colombia K001483586 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Lehmann, F.C. [5968] Colombia K000488807 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Lehmann, F.C. [5968] Colombia K000488808 Type Yes
s.coll. [1090] Ecuador K000488809 Lectotype Yes
Colombia K001483585 Yes
Colombia K001483587 Yes
Colombia K001483588 Yes
Ecuador K001483589 Yes
Ecuador K001483590 Yes
Peru K001483591 Yes
Venezuela K001483592 Yes
Venezuela K001483593 Yes
Venezuela K001483594 Yes
Venezuela K001483595 Yes
Venezuela K001483596 Yes
Venezuela K001483597 Yes
Venezuela K001483598 Yes
Venezuela K001483599 Yes
Venezuela K001483600 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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