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Taxon:
Operculina macrocarpa
(L.) Urb.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Operculina
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Nomen number:
430175
Place of publication:
Symb. antill. 3:343. 1902
Verified:
06/05/2017
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
Convolvulus macrocarpa
L.
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Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
URL:
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, 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.
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
Simões, A. R. & G. Staples.
2017. Dissolution of Convolvulaceae tribe Merremieae and a new classification of the constituent genera. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 183:580.
Vieira, R. F.
1999. Conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants in Brazil. Perspectives on new crops and uses 155.
Common names
English
Brazilian jalap –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
batata-de-purga –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Bahia
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Ceará
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Distrito Federal
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Espírito Santo
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Minas Gerais
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Paraíba
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Piauí
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Rio Grande do Norte
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
São Paulo
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
4
Naturalized
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
Native
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Cuba
,
Guadeloupe
,
Martinique
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo, Distrito Federal]
Naturalized
Africa
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana
,
Togo
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References