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Taxon:
Pseudelephantopus spicatus
(B. Juss. ex Aubl.) C. F. Baker
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Pseudelephantopus
Family:
Asteraceae
(alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
Tribe:
Vernonieae
Subtribe:
Elephantopinae
Nomen number:
403839
Place of publication:
Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12:55. 1902
Verified:
03/18/2012
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
Elephantopus spicatus
B. Juss. ex Aubl.
No images
Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Balick, M. J. et al.
2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal.
1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 6:28-32.
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Funk, V. et al.
2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
Hokche, O. et al.
2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
Jeffrey, C.
1988. The
Vernonieae
in East Tropical Africa. Notes on Compositae: V. Kew Bull. 43:274.
Note:
=
Elephantopus spicatus
B. Juss. ex Aubl.
Jones, S. B.
1980. Flora of Peru: Tribe Vernonieae. Fieldiana, Bot. 5:66-67.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds.
1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Note:
=
Elephantopus spicatus
B. Juss. ex Aubl.
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):253.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Note:
=
Elephantopus spicatus
B. Juss. ex Aubl.
Robinson, H.
1999. Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 89:81.
URL:
http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds.
1993-. Flora of India.
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds.
2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Note:
=
Elephantopus spicatus
B. Juss. ex Aubl.
Vibrans, H., ed.
Malezas de México (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/asteraceae/pseudelephantopus-spicatus/fichas/pagina1.htm
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
elephant-weed –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Colombia)
hierba de caballo –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Sinaloa
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Chiapas
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Colima
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Jalisco
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
México
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Michoacán de Ocampo
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Nayarit
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Tabasco
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Yucatán
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Barbados
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Grenada
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Hispaniola
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Montserrat
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Netherlands Antilles
Saba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Virgin Islands, U.S.
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Virgin Islands (British)
Tortola
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Chimborazo
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Galápagos
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Guayas
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Los Ríos
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Liberia
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Uttar Pradesh
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
West Bengal
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
n.
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Northern Territory
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
United States
Guam
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
United States
Northern Mariana Islands
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Niue
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Samoa
Native
Northern America
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Sinaloa]
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Chiapas, Colima, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Tabasco, Yucatán]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola
,
Netherlands Antilles
[Saba],
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Barbados
,
Cuba
,
Dominica
,
Guadeloupe
,
Grenada
,
Jamaica
,
St. Lucia
,
Montserrat
,
Martinique
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
United States
[Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.],
St. Vincent and Grenadines
,
Virgin Islands (British)
[Tortola]
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
,
Ecuador
[Chimborazo, Galápagos, Guayas, Los Ríos],
Peru
Naturalized
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Guinea
,
Liberia
,
Sierra Leone
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Guangdong Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
[Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal]
INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
(n.)
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Northern Territory, Queensland]
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
United States
[Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
,
Niue
,
Samoa
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
folklore
as
Elephantopus spicatus
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):253.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Note:
=
Elephantopus spicatus
B. Juss. ex Aubl.
Weed
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Name
References