Asteraceae
Pseudelephantopus

Pseudelephantopus spicatus (Juss. ex Aubl.) C.F.Baker

First published in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12(5): 55 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, China Southeast, Fiji, Florida, Guinea, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Florence, J. & Hallé, N. (1986). Suite du catalogue des plantes a fleurs et Fougères des iles Australes. Rapa: 151-158. Direction des centres d'expérimentations nucléaires. Service mixte de contrôle biologique.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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 of Boyacá Project

  • 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), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Florence, J. & Hallé, N. (1986). Suite du catalogue des plantes a fleurs et Fougères des iles Australes. Rapa: 151-158. Direction des centres d'expérimentations nucléaires. Service mixte de contrôle biologique.
  • 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].
  • 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.
  • Robinson, H. & Funk, V. (2018). 190(1). Compositae-Vernonieae. Flora of Ecuador 94: 1-128. Gothenburg University.
  • Sachet, M.-H. (1969). List of vascular flora of Rangiroa. Atoll Research Bulletin 125: 33-44.

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
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • 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
  • 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/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Quesada, F.;Zamora, N. [402] Costa Rica K001892016 Yes
Monro, A.;Sidwell, K.; Davidse, G. [2285] El Salvador K001512288 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Greenwood, W. [1132] Fiji Elephantopus spicatus K001790107 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Beechey [s.n.] Mexico Elephantopus spicatus K002539152 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Wright, C. [281] Cuba Elephantopus spicatus K002539138 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Fendler, A. [203] Panama Elephantopus spicatus K001790119 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 D[ickens] [s.n.] Jamaica Elephantopus spicatus K001790118 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 S.coll. [395] Elephantopus spicatus K002539370 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Hayes, S. [526] Panama Elephantopus spicatus K001770181 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Jameson, V.W. [360] Elephantopus spicatus K001790121 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Besch[erelle], E. [s.n.] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Elephantopus spicatus K002539132 Yes
s.coll. [77] Trinidad and Tobago Elephantopus spicatus K002539160 Yes
Guile, D.P.M [s.n.] Nigeria Elephantopus spicatus K002538612 Yes
Loher, A. [3718] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K002538468 Yes
Cuming, H. [596] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K001734451 Yes
Valeur, E.J. [821] Dominica Elephantopus spicatus K002539145 Yes
Plée, A. [s.n.] Martinique Elephantopus spicatus K002539155 Yes
Bos, J.J. [2468] Liberia Elephantopus spicatus K002538607 Yes
Florence [10299] French Polynesia Elephantopus spicatus K002538548 Yes
Decker, B.G. [1041] Indonesia Elephantopus spicatus K002577993 Yes
Thompson, J.B. [111] Guam Elephantopus spicatus K002538561 Yes
Marmo, V. [166] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538596 Yes
Jansen, J.W.A. [1263] Liberia Elephantopus spicatus K002538608 Yes
Daramola; Ibhanesebhor [FHI70313] Nigeria Elephantopus spicatus K002538611 Yes
Saylor, M. [106/2] Tanzania Elephantopus spicatus K002538771 No
André, É. [K1154] Ecuador Elephantopus spicatus K002539366 No
Luke, Q.; Esara, J. [13007] Equatorial Guinea Elephantopus spicatus K002538677 No
Morton; Jarr [SL969] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538603 Yes
Hooker; Purdie [s.n.] Jamaica Elephantopus spicatus K002539153 Yes
Fendler, A. [712] Venezuela Elephantopus spicatus K002539373 No
s.coll. [19] Dominica Elephantopus spicatus K002539146 Yes
Barker, A. [1216] Liberia Elephantopus spicatus K002538609 Yes
Parsons, R. [19] Vanuatu Elephantopus spicatus K002538513 No
Parham, J.W. [11767] Fiji Elephantopus spicatus K002538529 Yes
Florence, J. [2988] French Polynesia Elephantopus spicatus K002538546 Yes
de Schach, B.; Eggers [5954] Trinidad and Tobago Elephantopus spicatus K002539161 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K002538470 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [s.n.] Dominica Elephantopus spicatus K002539149 Yes
Eggers, B. [150] Elephantopus spicatus K002539131 Yes
Mendozn, D.; Buwaya [732] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K002538465 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [8078] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538589 Yes
King, E.L. [123B] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538593 Yes
Loher, A. [3717] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K001734450 No
Forster [s.n.] Cuba Elephantopus spicatus K002539137 Yes
s.coll. [3861] Guinea Elephantopus spicatus K002538583 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [s.n.] Tanzania Elephantopus spicatus K002538770 No
Nur [s.n.] Singapore Elephantopus spicatus K002577947 Yes
[Helen Faucknen] [263S] Tanzania Elephantopus spicatus K002538772 No
Whistler, W.A. [W 5227] Cook Islands Elephantopus spicatus K002538567 Yes
Hawkes, J.G.; Hjerting, J.P.; Lester, R.N. [2233] Jamaica Elephantopus spicatus K002539151 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guadeloupe Elephantopus spicatus K002539150 Yes
Lisowski, S. [51007] Guinea Elephantopus spicatus K002538582 Yes
Parham, J.W. [14362] Fiji Elephantopus spicatus K002538528 Yes
Merrill [363] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K002538471 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1925] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538594 Yes
Zardini, E.M.; Báez, P. [52703] Paraguay Elephantopus spicatus K000068181 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI60584] Nigeria Elephantopus spicatus K002538613 Yes
Grant, M.L. [3642] French Polynesia Elephantopus spicatus K002538552 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [7410] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538595 Yes
Backer, C.A. [22841] Indonesia Elephantopus spicatus K002577994 Yes
Casas, F. [11370] Equatorial Guinea Elephantopus spicatus K002538678 No
[Roted] [13] Virgin Islands Elephantopus spicatus K002539158 Yes
Pyne, C.T. [104] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538586 Yes
Currey [596] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K001734452 Yes
Hall, J.B. [GC45166] Ghana Elephantopus spicatus K002538610 Yes
Nur [s.n.] Singapore Elephantopus spicatus K002577948 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [630] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K001734454 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [11397] Samoa Elephantopus spicatus K002538540 Yes
Combs, R. [660] Cuba Elephantopus spicatus K002539139 Yes
Van Hermann, H.A. [474] Cuba Elephantopus spicatus K002539141 Yes
Smith, H. [921] Colombia Elephantopus spicatus K002539365 No
Florence, J. [4157] French Polynesia Elephantopus spicatus K002538547 Yes
[S. C. H. Elliot] [s.n.] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538584 Yes
Pyne, C.T. [104] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538587 Yes
Fuertes, P.M. [829] Elephantopus spicatus K002539133 Yes
Bos, J.J. [2791] Liberia Elephantopus spicatus K002538606 Yes
Thomas, K.S. [250] Tanzania Elephantopus spicatus K002538774 No
[Bal. h. Jel. Brinh] [1934] Indonesia Elephantopus spicatus K002577995 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Elephantopus spicatus K002538467 Yes
Marmo, V. [166] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538600 Yes
Farmar, L. [s.n.] Guinea Elephantopus spicatus K002538581 Yes
Morton, J.K. [s.n.] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538585 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W2357] Samoa Elephantopus spicatus K002538541 Yes
Valeur, E.J. [821] Dominica Elephantopus spicatus K002539144 Yes
Eggers [4731] Cuba Elephantopus spicatus K002539136 Yes
s.coll. [18] Vanuatu Elephantopus spicatus K002538515 No
Deighton, F.C. [486] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538588 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL752] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538599 Yes
Nur [s.n.] Malaysia Elephantopus spicatus K002577945 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [945] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538591 Yes
Van Hermann, H.A. [473] Cuba Elephantopus spicatus K002539142 Yes
Imary [155] Dominica Elephantopus spicatus K002539147 Yes
s.coll. [25] Elephantopus spicatus K002539135 Yes
Luttrell, C. [41] Cook Islands Elephantopus spicatus K002538550 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H7609] Haiti Elephantopus spicatus K002539156 Yes
Martelino, A.; Panay; Edano, G. [35276] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K002538466 Yes
[L. Hakn] [382] Martinique Elephantopus spicatus K001734460 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [7880] Guyana Elephantopus spicatus K002539215 Yes
Hoogland, R.D. [8542] Australia Elephantopus spicatus K002538503 No
Rahman, M.A.; et al. [8098] Bangladesh Elephantopus spicatus K002577883 Yes
Reynoso; Alvarez; Fernando [4031] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K002538463 Yes
Williams, R.S. [132] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K002538469 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [3863] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538592 Yes
Campbell, W. [s.n.] Dominica Elephantopus spicatus K002539143 Yes
McKee, H.S. [RSNH 24325] Vanuatu Elephantopus spicatus K002538514 No
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [114] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538602 Yes
P. Kort[right] [s.n.] Guyana Elephantopus spicatus K002539216 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; de Wet, L.A.; Sambolah; Gordon [12204] Liberia Elephantopus spicatus K002538605 Yes
Sintenis, P. [5834] Elephantopus spicatus K002539157 Yes
Sykes, W.R. [4/CI] Cook Islands Elephantopus spicatus K002538553 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Elephantopus spicatus K002538549 Yes
Brunch, D.; Baker, R.K.; Oliver, R.L. [1023] Panama Elephantopus spicatus K002539372 No
van der Werff, H.H. [1291] Bolivia Elephantopus spicatus K002539369 No
Faulkner, H.G. [2638] Tanzania Elephantopus spicatus K002538773 No
Merrill, E.D. [5157] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K002538473 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [225] Cuba Elephantopus spicatus K002539140 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2535] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538597 Yes
Gledhill, D. [250] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538601 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [7253] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538598 Yes
Nur [s.n.] Singapore Elephantopus spicatus K002577946 Yes
Burch, D.; Oliver, R.L.; Robertson, K.R. [1173] Panama Elephantopus spicatus K002539368 No
Johnston, H.H. [61] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538590 Yes
Lewis, W.H.; Dwyer, J.D.; Elias, T.S.; Robertson, K.R. [831] Panama Elephantopus spicatus K002539371 No
André, É. [2858] United States Elephantopus spicatus K002539367 No
s.coll. [19] Dominica Elephantopus spicatus K002539148 Yes
Romero, E.M. [3839] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K002538464 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Jamaica Elephantopus spicatus K002539154 Yes
St. John, H. [14463] French Polynesia Elephantopus spicatus K002538551 Yes
[Rorted] [14] Virgin Islands Elephantopus spicatus K002539159 Yes
Brass, L.J. [33579] Australia Elephantopus spicatus K002538502 No
Olsen, S. [437] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K002538472 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL179] Sierra Leone Elephantopus spicatus K002538604 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [1278] Philippines Elephantopus spicatus K001734453 Yes
Fishlock, N.C. [T336] Elephantopus spicatus K002539134 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H. [8131] Guinea Elephantopus spicatus K002538580 Yes
Linden, de J. [1176] Mexico Distreptus spicatus K001790258 Yes

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