Acanthospermum australe

Acanthospermum australe

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: Millerieae
Subtribus: Melampodiinae
Genus: Acanthospermum
Species: Acanthospermum australe

Name

Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze, 1891

Synonyms

• Acanthospermum brasilianum Schrank
• Acanthospermum hirsutum DC.
• Acanthospermum xanthioides (Kunth) DC.
• Centrospermum xanthioides Kunth
• Melampodium australe Loefl.
• Orcya adhaerescens Vell.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Santa Fe, San Luis), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Cordillera, Itapua, Misiones, Paraguari, San Pedro), Uruguay (Rocha), N-Brazil (Para), NE-Brazil (Pernambuco), WC-Brazil, SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia), Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz), French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Colombia (Arauca, Boyacá, Caldas, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Santander, Vichada), Lesser Antilles (Martinique, St. Vincent, Grenada), Isla Margarita References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Kuntze, Revisio Generum Plantarum 1:303. 1891
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Acanthospermum australe. 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 Feb. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Acanthospermum australe. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 23 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Acanthospermum australe in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 23.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Acanthospermum australe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Feb. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Paraguayan starbur
español: Tapekue

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