Asteraceae
Pseudelephantopus

Pseudelephantopus spiralis (Less.) Cronquist

First published in Madroño 20: 255 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

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.
  • Robinson, H. & Funk, V. (2018). 190(1). Compositae-Vernonieae. Flora of Ecuador 94: 1-128. Gothenburg University.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Garcia, H. (1992). Flora Medicinal de Colombia. Botánica Médica. Segunda Edición. Tercer Mundo Editores. Tomo III.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • 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, 2012 Trail, J.W.H. [457] Brazil Elephantopus spiralis K000965377 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Trail, J.W.H. [457] Brazil Elephantopus spiralis K000965378 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Maas, P.J.M.; Maas, H. [335] Brazil Elephantopus spiralis K000965379 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Pruski, J.; Campbell, D.; Williams, D.; Rosas, A.; Batista, E.; Santos, J.R.; Derzi, F.B. [3502] Brazil Elephantopus spiralis K000965375 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Costa, M.A.S.; Freitas, C.A.A.; Silva, C.F. [272] Brazil Elephantopus spiralis K000965376 Yes
May 14, 1981 Lowe, J. [4096] Brazil Elephantopus spiralis K000965380 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Ule, E. [5154] Brazil Elephantopus spiralis K000965381 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [28981] Peru Elephantopus spiralis K002539360 No
Broadway, W.E. [4084] Trinidad and Tobago Elephantopus spiralis K002539127 Yes
Thomas, R.H. [L36] Ecuador Elephantopus spiralis K002539353 No
Brandbyge, J.; Asanza C, E. [32131] Ecuador Elephantopus spiralis K002539354 No
Williams, R.S. [500] Bolivia Elephantopus spiralis K002539336 No
McDaniel, S. [16052] Peru Elephantopus spiralis K002539359 No
Valenzuela Celis, E. [420] Bolivia Elephantopus spiralis K002539340 No
Badcock, W.J. [143] Bolivia Elephantopus spiralis K002539338 No
Croat, T.B.; Hannon, L. [39449A] Ecuador Elephantopus spiralis K002539352 No
s.coll. [203] Elephantopus spiralis K002539126 Yes
Funcke [358] Venezuela Elephantopus spiralis K000497142 Type Yes
Cassini [49] Elephantopus spiralis K002539130 Yes
Steinbach, J. [6168] Bolivia Elephantopus spiralis K002539342 No
s.coll. [5788] Colombia Elephantopus spiralis K002539349 No
Galen Smith, S. [1194] Colombia Elephantopus spiralis K002539344 No
Pruski, J.; Ortiz, R.; Castillo, G.; Rivera, R. [4405] Peru Elephantopus spiralis K002539357 No
Rusby, H.H.; M.D. [1109] Bolivia Elephantopus spiralis K002539339 No
Asplund, E. [9480] Ecuador Elephantopus spiralis K002539348 No
Barnard; Jones; Crane [6] Trinidad and Tobago Elephantopus spiralis K002539125 Yes
Bang, M. [357] Bolivia Elephantopus spiralis K002539337 No
von Sneidern, K. [s.n.] Colombia Elephantopus spiralis K002539346 No
{Guarrigues} [s.n.] Peru Elephantopus spiralis K002539363 No
Prieto, F. [Chup- 27] Ecuador Elephantopus spiralis K002539347 No
Valenzuela, L. [1918] Peru Elephantopus spiralis K002539355 No
Loeuille, B. [602] Brazil Elephantopus spiralis K001336561 No
van der Werff, H.H. [1291] Bolivia Elephantopus spiralis K002539358 No
Becerra, E.; Mateo, J.L.; Rojas, C. [1276] Peru Elephantopus spiralis K002539356 No
Lehmann, F.C. [5788] Colombia Elephantopus spiralis K002539345 No
Holm- Nielsen, L.; Jaramillo, J.; Coello, F. [20015] Ecuador Elephantopus spiralis K002539351 No
Broadway [4084] Trinidad and Tobago Elephantopus spiralis K002539129 Yes
Fendler, A. [711] Venezuela Elephantopus spiralis K002539364 No
Araujo-Murakami, A.; Palabral, A.; Flores, N.; Gismondi, P. [1626] Bolivia Elephantopus spiralis K002539341 No
[Lima] [s.n.] Peru Elephantopus spiralis K002539362 No
Broadway, W.E. [4085] Trinidad and Tobago Elephantopus spiralis K002539128 Yes
{Mathews} [1730] Peru Elephantopus spiralis K002539361 No
{Croat, T.B.; chris; Davidson, S.} [95974] Ecuador Elephantopus spiralis K002539350 No
Linden, J.J. [159] Luxembourg Elephantopus spiralis K002539343 No

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • 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