Asteraceae
Espeletia

Espeletia corymbosa Bonpl.

First published in F.W.H.A.von Humboldt & A.J.A.Bonpland, Pl. Aequinoct. 2: 16 (1808)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Espeletiopsis corymbosa.]

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
  • 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 (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
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schultes, R.E. [7002a] Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484385 Yes
Schultes, R.E. [7002a] Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484386 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484365 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484366 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484367 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484368 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484369 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484370 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484371 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484372 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484373 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484374 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484375 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484376 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484377 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484378 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484379 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484380 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484381 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484382 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484383 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484384 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484387 Yes
Colombia Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484388 Yes
Ecuador Espeletiopsis corymbosa K001484389 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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

  • 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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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