Stevia ovata

Stevia ovata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Eupatorieae
Subtribus: Piqueriinae
Genus: Stevia
Species: Stevia ovata
Varietas: S. o. var. expansa – S. o. var. reglensis – S. o. var. texana

Name

Stevia ovata Willd., 1809

Synonyms

• Stevia benthamiana Hieron.
• Stevia ehrenbergiana Schlechtend.
• Stevia erecta Walp.
• Stevia fascicularis Less.
• Stevia hyssopifolia Sims
• Stevia jorullensis var. ehrenbergiana (Schltr.) Sch. Bip.
• Stevia nervosa DC.
• Stevia ovata Lag.
• Stevia paniculata Lag.
• Stevia quitensis Kunth
• Stevia rhombifolia Kunth
• Stevia rhombifolia var. uniaristata (DC.) Sch. Bip.
• Stevia ternifolia Kunth
• Stevia uniaristata DC.

Homonyms

• Stevia ovata Lag. = Stevia orizabensis B.L. Rob.
• Stevia ovata Dum.-Cours. = Stevia salicifolia Cav.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas) Continental: Southern America Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Santander), Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal, Guarico, Merida, Miranda, Tachira), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Nicaragua, Ecuador References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Willdenow, C.L.v.. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis, . . . 2: 855. 1809.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Stevia ovata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Stevia ovata. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 28 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Stevia ovata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 28.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Stevia ovata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Mar. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stevia ovata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Round-leaf candyleaf

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