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Taxon:
Mirabilis expansa
(Ruiz & Pav.) Standl.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Mirabilis
Family:
Nyctaginaceae
Tribe:
Nyctagineae
Nomen number:
315430
Place of publication:
Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11:113. 1931
Verified:
05/24/1995
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
Calyxhymenia expansa
Ruiz & Pav.
No images
Reference(s)
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Chia W., J. A. et al.
2006. Diversidad genética molecular de
Mirabilis expansa
mediante RAPD. Ecol. Aplicada 5:81-86.
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=Mirabilis+expansa&quantity=1
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.
2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
URL:
http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
Jørgensen, P. M., ed.
Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia (Catalogue of vascular plants of Bolivia) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.tropicos.org/projectwebportal.aspx?pagename=Home&projectid=13
Killeen, T. J. et al.
1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia
Note:
mentions
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Seminario, J. F. & M. A. Valderrama.
2012. Variabilidad morfológica y evaluación agronómica de maukas
Mirabilis expansa
(Ruiz & Pav.) Standl. del norte peruano. Revista Peruana Biol. 19:249-256.
Seminario, J.
1993. Aspectos etnobotánicos y morfológicos del chago, miso o mauka (
Mirabilis expansa
R. y P.) en el Perú. Bol. Lima 86:71-79.
URL:
http://www.boletindelima.com/
van Zant, M. K.
2016. History of
Mirabilis expansa
(Ruiz and Pav.) Standl.; growth and use in the Andes. Atlas J. Biol. 236-248.
DOI:
10.5147/ajb.2016.0138
.
Zandstra, I.
1994. Japanese, Swiss, Germans collaborate with CIP to save endangered biodiversity of Andean roots and tubers. Diversity 10:31-33.
Common names
Aymara
mauka –
Reference(s)
Quichua (Bolivia)
apichu –
Reference(s)
Quichua (Peru)
chaco –
Reference(s)
chago –
Reference(s)
cushpe –
Reference(s)
miso –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Native
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Chile
Cultivated
Southern America
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
potential as fodder
Seminario, J. F. & M. A. Valderrama.
2012. Variabilidad morfológica y evaluación agronómica de maukas
Mirabilis expansa
(Ruiz & Pav.) Standl. del norte peruano. Revista Peruana Biol. 19:249-256.
Human food
vegetable
Seminario, J.
1993. Aspectos etnobotánicos y morfológicos del chago, miso o mauka (
Mirabilis expansa
R. y P.) en el Perú. Bol. Lima 86:71-79.
URL:
http://www.boletindelima.com/
Name
References