Taxon:
Capraria biflora L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:628. 1753
Verified:
03/08/2006
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
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Common names
English
goatweed – Spanish
hierba té – té del país –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | s. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
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) | | |
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 | Southern South America | Argentina | Formosa | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Jujuy | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Salta | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galápagos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cusco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Loreto | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida (s.)]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British)
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Galápagos], Peru [Cusco, Loreto]
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Formosa, Jujuy, Salta]
Cultivated
Southern America
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | beverage base | used to make a tea | Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. |
Medicines | folklore | | Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. |
Weed | | | Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. |
Weed | | | Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-. |