Asteraceae
Gynura

Gynura aurantiaca (Blume) DC.

First published in Prodr. 6: 300 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sumatera to Jawa. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Jawa, Sulawesi, Sumatera

Introduced into:

Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Leeward Is., Philippines, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
  • 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?
May 1, 2023 Campinas, S.P. Pecheco, C. [s.n.] Brazil K000217988 No
Apr 1, 2018 Teysamann [s.n.] K000843756 Holotype Yes
Lobb, T. [241] Indonesia K000843753 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lobb [247] Indonesia K002602904 Yes
Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K002602909 Yes
Seyani, J.H. [1257] Malawi K002603341 Yes
Beaman, J.H. [11729] Malaysia K002602918 Yes
Brown, S.; Britton, N.L.; Bisset, P. [2223] K002603365 Yes
Venugopal, N.; Jayaseelan, T.S. [22446] K002602695 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [48264] India K002602694 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002603364 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [s.n.] Indonesia K002602906 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002603374 Yes
[illegible] Lobb [s.n.] Indonesia K002602910 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002603375 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [5962] K002603366 Yes
[illegible] [[5497]] Cote d'Ivoire K002603371 Yes
Curtis, E.W. [s.n.] K002603368 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] Indonesia K000843755 Type Yes
Herrera, G. [6784] Costa Rica K002603403 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002603372 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002603367 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002603373 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K002602911 Yes
Backer, C.A. [15200] Indonesia K002602908 Yes
Kuntze, O. [5758] K000843754 Unknown Type Material Yes
[ F. G. Davies] [19322] Indonesia K002602907 Yes
L. v. d. Pijl [598] Indonesia K002602905 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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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