Asteraceae

Mikania Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1481, 1742 (1803), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics to Central & E. U.S.A.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, China South-Central, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Namibia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Fiji, India, Laccadive Is., Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Niue, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 301. Nom. cons.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • B.L. Rob. in Contr. Gray Herb. 104: 55 (1934)
  • Bremer, Anderberg, Karis & Lundberg in Asterac. Clad. & Class.: 647 (1994)
  • R.M. King & H. Rob., Genera of the Eupatorieae: 419 (1987)
  • Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 3: 1742 (1803), nom. cons .

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Meikle, R.D. [524], Nigeria 12307.000 No
Harley, R.M. [27290], Brazil 55826.000 No
Hind, D.J.N. [3520], Brazil 63514.000 No
Hind, D.J.N. [3652], Brazil 63549.000 No
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Peru K000200685 Yes
Paixão, J.L. [1140], Brazil K001031895 Yes
Carvalho, A.M. [6743], Brazil K001031896 Yes
Spruce, R. [1585], Brazil K001062011 Yes
Spruce, R. [1725], Brazil K001062012 Yes
Carvalho, A.M. [6743], Brazil K001031897 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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