Asteraceae
Sclerocarpus

Sclerocarpus divaricatus (Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl.

First published in Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 164 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Venezuela. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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 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/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gaumer, G.F. [s.n.] Mexico K003130735 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [1753] Mexico K003130741 Yes
Cascante, A. [1102] Costa Rica K003130727 Yes
H.; et al [12091] Mexico K003130720 Yes
Smith, H.H. [593] K003130775 Yes
[Pundie] [s.n.] K003130776 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [s.n.] Mexico K003130736 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [771] Mexico K003130738 Yes
King, R.M.; Renner, R.C. [7015] Guatemala K003130731 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [771] Mexico K003130740 Yes
Baker, C.F. [2207] Nicaragua K003130734 Yes
Elias (Bro.) [313] Colombia K003130777 Yes
Langlasse, E. [447] Mexico K003130722 Yes
Bernoulli [542] Guatemala K003130733 Yes
Sinclair; Hooker [s.n.] Honduras K000487589 Unknown Type Material Yes
Villacorta, R.; Villacorta, S. [1150] El Salvador K003130729 Yes
Bernoulli, K.G.; Cario, R. [1395] Guatemala K003130732 Yes
Friedrichsthal [s.n.] Guatemala K000487590 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hinton, G.B.; et al [15165] Mexico K003130719 Yes
Tucker, J.M. [522] El Salvador K003130728 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [1950] Mexico K003130739 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [s.n.] Mexico K003130737 Yes
Thieme, C. [s.n.] Honduras K003130730 Yes
Dr. [Lenilain] [s.n.] K003130721 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

  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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