Asteraceae
Egletes

Egletes viscosa (L.) Less.

First published in Syn. Gen. Compos.: 252 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Texas to S. Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Texas, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Cuba

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2021 Wood, J.R.I.; Clegg, R.; Martinez, M.T. [29314] Bolivia K000218053 Yes
Feb 1, 2014 Traill, J.W.H. [467] K001065645 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 2014 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001065643 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 2014 Burchell, W.J. [8889] Brazil K001065644 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 2014 Torrey [23] K001065641 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 2014 Spruce, R. [486] Brazil K001065640 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 2014 Spruce, R. [279] K001065642 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 2002 [s.n.] Brazil K000006370 Yes
Mar 1, 1998 Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [28200] Brazil K000052852 Yes
Jun 1, 1996 D.J.N.Hind; Guedes, M.L.; Harley, R.; Smith, S.; Silva, E.M. [PCD2937] Brazil K000052854 Yes
Jun 1, 1996 Giulietti, A.M.; Smith, S.; Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.; Guedes, M.L.; Silva, E.M. [PCD2981] Brazil K000052853 Yes
Apr 1, 1996 Velosa, R. [s.n.] Brazil K000054273 Yes
Aug 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000200655 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Daly, D.C.; Campbell, D.G.; Silva, A.S.; Bahia, R.P.; Santos, M.R.; Bastos, N.C. [D406] Brazil K000054278 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Pinto, G.C.P.; daSilva, S.B. [202/83] Brazil K000052855 Yes
Gardner, G. [2651] Brazil K000054276 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner, G. [2651] Brazil K000054275 Isosyntype Yes
Gardner, G. [2651] Brazil K000054277 Unknown Type Material Yes
Giulietti, A.M.; et al. [PCD 2981] Brazil K:SPC-63217.000 No
Wood, J.R.I.; Villaroel, D.; Pozo, P. [25089] Bolivia K001298438 Yes
Vieira, R.F. [1677] Brazil K001100249 Yes
Sanderman, C. [3310] Peru K001479115 Yes
Blanchet, J.S. [2766] Brazil K000054272 Yes
Gardner, G. [1739] Brazil K000054274 Isosyntype Yes
Gardner, G. [1739] Brazil K000052851 Type Yes
Blanchet, J.S. [2766] Brazil K000052850 Unknown Type Material Yes
Prance, G.T. [4081964] Brazil K001100246 Yes
Glaziou [10981] Brazil K001100250 Yes
Lanna, J.P. [23701] Brazil K001100248 Yes
Swainson [s.n.] Brazil K001031815 Yes
Lemos, J.R. [249] Brazil K001100247 Yes
Oersted, A.S. [s.n.] Nicaragua K000958205 Unknown Type Material Yes
n/a K001479113 Yes
n/a K001479114 Yes
n/a K001479116 Yes
n/a K001479117 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [468] Brazil Egletes viscosa var. sprucei K000221590 Type Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [468] Brazil Egletes viscosa var. sprucei K000221589 Type Yes
Spruce, R. [469] Brazil Egletes viscosa var. sprucei K001065638 Syntype Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil Egletes viscosa var. sprucei K001065639 Type Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [697] Cuba Egletes viscosa f. bipinnatifida K000221588 Isotype Yes
Ortega, J.G. [5156] Mexico Egletes viscosa var. dissecta K000221587 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0