Taxon:
Mikania scandens (L.) Willd.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 3(3):1743. 1803
Verified:
03/16/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
- Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
- Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Farr, E. R. et al., eds. 1979, 1986. Index nomina genericorum Note: 1979; suppl. 1986
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
- Holmes, W. C. 1990. The genus Mikania (Compositae-Eupatorieae) in Mexico. Sida, Bot. Misc. 5:34.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Kayode, J. 2005. Ethnobotanical survey and conservation of medicinal Compositae species in Benin Kingdom, Nigeria. Compositae Newslett. 42:53.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980-. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States.
- Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually). URL: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090172
- Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
- Turner, B. L. 1997. The comps of Mexico: a systematic account of the family Asteraceae. Volume 1: Eupatoreae. Phytologia Mem. 11:160.
- Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource). URL: https://herbarium.utk.edu/vascular/vascular-database.php?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Asteraceae&GenusID=Mikania&SpeciesID=scandens
Common names
English
climbing hempvine – climbing hempweed – louse-plaster – Portuguese (Brazil)
guaco-do-jardim – guaco-do-quintal – Spanish
guaco –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Rhode Island | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | District of Columbia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Tamaulipas]
Southern America
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. |
Medicines | folklore | | Kayode, J. 2005. Ethnobotanical survey and conservation of medicinal Compositae species in Benin Kingdom, Nigeria. Compositae Newslett. 42:53. |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | mostly of unknown importance | Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds |