Asteraceae
Acmella

Acmella alba (L'Hér.) R.K.Jansen

First published in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 62 (1985)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Panama to Venezuela and Peru, Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais). It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Jawa

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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 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/
  • 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?
Nov 1, 2019 Hartweg, K.T. [667] Ecuador K000374478 Yes
Nov 1, 2019 Hartweg, K.T. [667] Ecuador K000374476 Yes
Calderón, R. [s.n.] El Salvador K003147314 Yes
Williams, D. [DW-00117] El Salvador K003147311 Yes
Gonzalez; Herrera [JCG00493] El Salvador K003147313 Yes
González, J. [424] El Salvador K003147312 Yes
n/a K001483006 Yes
Bolivia (Santa Cruz) K001483007 Yes
Colombia K001483008 Yes
Colombia K001483009 Yes
Colombia K001483010 Yes
Colombia K001483011 Yes
Ecuador K001483012 Yes
Ecuador K001483013 Yes
Galapagos K001483014 Yes
Peru K001483015 Yes
Peru K001483016 Yes
Peru K001483017 Yes
Peru K001483018 Yes
Peru K001483019 Yes
Peru K001483020 Yes
Peru K001483021 Yes
Peru K001483022 Yes
Peru K001483023 Yes
Peru K001483024 Yes
Peru K001483025 Yes
Peru K001483026 Yes
Venezuela K001483027 Yes
Peru K001483028 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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