Asteraceae
Adenostemma

Adenostemma lavenia (L.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 304 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • 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.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • 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.

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.

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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • 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 Du, N.V., et al. [HNK 2662] Vietnam K001045452 Yes
Aug 1, 2015 David, B., et al. [CL 819] Cambodia K001045472 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Fosberg, F.R. [44768] Ecuador K001483485 Yes
Asplund, E. [16519] Ecuador K001483483 Yes
Robinson, J.W.L. [384] Colombia K001483477 Yes
van der Werff, H.H. [1402] Ecuador K001483486 Yes
Wiggins, I.L.; Porter, D.M. [625] Ecuador K001483488 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [61375] Venezuela K001483490 Yes
Camp, W.H. [E-3574] Ecuador K001483480 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [4546] Ecuador K001483481 Yes
Asplund, E. [9249] Ecuador K001483482 Yes
Wiggins, I.L. [18547] Ecuador K001483487 Yes
Klug, G. [3379] Peru K001483489 Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Delascio, F.; Dunsterville, G.C.K.; Dunsterville, E. [103509] Venezuela K001483491 Yes
Bentley, P.S. [272] Ecuador K001483484 Yes
Fuchs, H.P.; Zanella, L. [22032] Colombia K001483479 Yes
Hugh-Jones, D.L. [450] Colombia K001483478 Yes
Bolivia (Cochabamba) K001483475 Yes
Colombia K001483476 Yes
Colombia K001483478 Yes
Colombia K001483479 Yes
Ecuador K001483480 Yes
Ecuador K001483481 Yes
Ecuador K001483482 Yes
Ecuador K001483483 Yes
Galapagos Is. K001483484 Yes
Galapagos Is. K001483485 Yes
Galapagos Is. K001483486 Yes
Galapagos Is. K001483487 Yes
Galapagos Is. K001483488 Yes
Peru K001483489 Yes
Venezuela K001483490 Yes
Venezuela K001483491 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 Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

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