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Taxon:
Stevia rebaudiana
(Bertoni) Bertoni
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Stevia
Family:
Asteraceae
(alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Eupatorieae
Subtribe:
Piqueriinae
Nomen number:
35581
Place of publication:
Anales Ci. Parag. ser. 1, 5:3. 1905
Verified:
03/22/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Eupatorium rebaudianum
Bertoni
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Andronova, E. A. et al.
1994. The developmental biology of
Stevia rebaudiana
in vivo
and
in vitro
. Compositae: biology and utilization. 2:179-183.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto.
1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Felippe, G. M.
1977.
Stevia rebaudiana
Bert. a review. Ci. & Cult. 29:1240-1248.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Stevia+rebaudiana&quantity=1
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
URL:
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.
2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
URL:
http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
King, R. M. & H. Robinson.
1987. The genera of the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22.
Lemus-Mondaca, R. et al.
2012.
Stevia rebaudiana
Bertoni, source of a high-potency natural sweetener: A comprehensive review on the biochemical, nutritional and functional aspects. Food Chem. 132:1121-1132.
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Mansfeld, R.
1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Soejarto, D. et al.
1983. Ethnobotanical notes on
Stevia
. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 29:1-25.
Soejarto, D. et al.
1983. Potential sweetening agents of plant origin. II. Field search for sweet-tasting
Stevia
species. Econ. Bot. 37:71-79.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Spichiger, R., ed.
1985-. Flora del Paraguay.
URL:
http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/fdp/project/project_frame.html
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:253.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Common names
English
stevia –
Reference(s)
sweet-leaf-of-Paraguay –
Reference(s)
French
stévia –
Reference(s)
German
Paraguay-Stevie –
Reference(s)
Stevia –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
stévia –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
erva-adocicada –
Reference(s)
erva-doce –
Reference(s)
estévia –
Reference(s)
folha-doce –
Reference(s)
Swedish
sötflockel –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Mato Grosso do Sul
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Minas Gerais
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
Amambay
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
Concepción
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Paraguay
[Amambay, Concepción]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
sweetener
source of stevioside, although prohibited in the U.S.A.
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines
source of stevioside
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
source of stevioside
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicines
source of stevioside
Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto.
1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Name
References