Asteraceae
Cirsium

Cirsium mexicanum DC.

First published in Prodr. 7: 636 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to NW. Colombia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Introduced into:

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
  • Gentry, A.H. (2001). Bignoniaceae, In: Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: 403-428. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

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

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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • 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?
Mar 1, 1999 Sidwell, K.; Monro, A.; Davidse, G.; Ramirez, C. [445] El Salvador K001479383 Yes
Mar 1, 1999 Sidwell, K.; Monro, A.; Davidse, G.; Ramirez, C. [445] El Salvador K001479384 Yes
Mixed Sheet K001479364 Yes
Mixed Sheet K001479365 Yes
Mixed Sheet K001479366 Yes
Mixed Sheet K001479367 Yes
Mixed Sheet K001479368 Yes
Mixed Sheet K001479369 Yes
Mexico K001479370 Yes
Mexico K001479371 Yes
Mexico K001479372 Yes
Mexico K001479373 Yes
Mexico (Chihuahua) K001479374 Yes
Mexico (Chihuahua) K001479375 Yes
Mexico (Coahuila) K001479376 Yes
Mexico (Michoacan) K001479377 Yes
Mexico (San Luis Potosi) K001479378 Yes
Mexico (San Luis Potosi) K001479379 Yes
Mexico (Tomanlipas) K001479380 Yes
Mexico (Vera Cruz) K001479381 Yes
Mexico (Vera Cruz) K001479382 Yes
El Salvador K001479385 Yes
El Salvador K001479386 Yes
El Salvador K001479387 Yes
El Salvador K001479388 Yes
Mexico K001479389 Yes
Mexico K001479390 Yes
Mexico (Hidalgo) K001479391 Yes
Mexico (Oaxaca) K001479392 Yes
Mixed Sheet K001479393 Yes
Mixed Sheet K001479394 Yes
Guatemala K001479395 Yes
Guatemala K001479396 Yes
Mixed Sheet (Honduras, Guatemala) K001479397 Yes
Mixed Sheet (Honduras, Guatemala) K001479398 Yes
British Honduras K001479399 Yes
British Honduras K001479400 Yes
El Salvador K001479401 Yes
Costa Rica K001479402 Yes
Costa Rica K001479403 Yes
Mexico (Sinalo) K001482082 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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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