Mikania micrantha

Mikania micrantha

Mikania micrantha

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: Mikaniinae
Genus: Mikania
Species: Mikania micrantha

Name

Mikania micrantha Kunth, 1818

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Eupatorium denticulatum Vahl in Symb. Bot. 3: 93 (1794)
  • Eupatorium orinocense (Kunth) M.Gómez in Dicc. Bot. Nom. Vulg. Cub. Puerto-Riquenos: 55 (1889)
  • Eupatorium orinocense var. batatifolium M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 269 (1890)
  • Eupatorium orinocense var. tamoides M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 269 (1890)
  • Mikania cordata var. indica Kitam. in Fl. E. Himal.: 241 (1966)
  • Mikania deltoides Poepp. ex Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 423 (1826)
  • Mikania denticulata (Vahl) Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1744 (1803)
  • Mikania glechomifolia Sch.Bip. ex Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(2): 249 (1876)
  • Mikania micrantha var. cynanchifolia B.L.Rob. in Contr. Gray Herb. 64: 67 (1922)
  • Mikania micrantha f. hirsuta B.L.Rob. in Contr. Gray Herb. 64: 43 (1922)
  • Mikania micrantha f. typica B.L.Rob. in Contr. Gray Herb. 64: 42 (1922), not validly publ.
  • Mikania orinocensis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 105 (1818)
  • Mikania scandens var. hirsuta Hieron. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 47 (1894)
  • Mikania scandens var. subcymosa (Gardner) Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(2): 249 (1876)
  • Mikania scandens var. umbellifera (Gardner) Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(2): 249 (1876)
  • Mikania scandens var. villosa Hieron. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 473 (1905)
  • Mikania sinuata Rusby in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 127 (1912)
  • Mikania subcrenata Hook. & Arn. in Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 243 (1836)
  • Mikania subcymosa Gardner in London J. Bot. 6: 448 (1847)
  • Mikania tamoides DC. in Prodr. 5: 197 (1836)
  • Mikania umbellifera Gardner in London J. Bot. 4: 119 (1845)
  • Mikania variabilis Meyen & Walp. in Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 257 (1843)
  • Willoughbya heterophylla Small in Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1170, 1338 (1903)
  • Willoughbya micrantha Rusby in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 211 (1895)
  • Willoughbya scandens var. orinocensis (Kunth) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 372 (1891)
  • Willoughbya variabilis Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 373 (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Florida) Continental: Southern America Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés, Vichada), N-Brazil (Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Acre), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Bahia), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Alto Parana, Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes, San Pedro), Uruguay (Canelones, Florida Prov., Montevideo, Rio Negro, Salto, San Jose, Soriano), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Guatemala, Belize, Central America, Costa Rica, Peru, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Nicaragua References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1818–1820 ["1818"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 3 (quarto ed.). 456 pp., tt. 193–300. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 4: 105.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Mikania micrantha. Published online. Accessed: January 08 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Mikania micrantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Mikania micrantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Mikania micrantha. 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 January 08. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mikania micrantha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

español: Cuaco, guaco blanco

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