Polygalaceae
Asemeia

Asemeia violacea (Aubl.) J.F.B.Pastore & J.R.Abbott

First published in Kew Bull. 67: 811 (2012)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Lüdtke, R. & al. (2013). O Gênero Polygala L. (Polygalaceae) na região Sul do Brasil. Hoehnea 40: 1-50.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

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?
Apr 1, 2022 Wright, C. [112] Cuba K000591008 Type Yes
Apr 1, 2022 s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001133080 Yes
Apr 1, 2022 Eggers [2364] Dominican Republic K000591011 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 2022 [Cardenas] [[48]] Trinidad and Tobago K000591010 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 2022 Wright, A.E. [272] Bahamas, The K000591007 Type Yes
Apr 1, 2022 Schomburgk [816] Guyana K000590994 Type Yes
Apr 1, 2022 Eggers [1890] Dominican Republic K000591012 Type Yes
Apr 1, 2022 Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil K001133079 Yes
Apr 1, 2022 Wright, C. [112] Cuba K000591009 Type Yes
Apr 1, 2022 Gardner [2044] Brazil K000264960 Type Yes
Dec 1, 2021 Andy, E.S. [2884] K000590912 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [K59] Colombia K002748497 Yes
Mendoza, M.; Marquardt, S. [1373] Bolivia K002748501 Yes
Klitgaard, B.B.; Lozano, P.; Delgado, T.; Aguirre, N.; Tapia, R. [512] Ecuador K002748500 Yes
Miguel Bang Lectæ, A. [2096] Bolivia K002748504 Yes
Pennell, F. [2772] Colombia K002748493 Yes
Fendler, A. [239] Venezuela K002748483 Yes
s.coll. [8691] Colombia K002748487 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Atahuachi, M.; Mendoza, M. [20575] Bolivia K002748503 Yes
Stork, H.E. [11377] Peru K002748506 Yes
André, É. [2824] Colombia K002748495 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [50] Colombia K002748484 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Villarroel, D.; Soto, D. [25600] Bolivia K002748505 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Atahuachi, M.; Mendoza, M. [20600] Bolivia K002748502 Yes
Pennell, F. [3662] Colombia K002748494 Yes
s.coll. [8790] Colombia K002748485 Yes
André, É. [s.n.] Colombia K002748492 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K002748499 Yes
Allen, C. [390] Colombia K002748490 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [7747] Colombia K002748489 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [5134] Colombia K002748498 Yes
Smith, H.H. [s.n.] Colombia K002748491 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [6408] Colombia K002748486 Yes
s.coll. [K60] Colombia K002748496 Yes
Purdie [s.n.] Colombia K002748488 Yes
Apr 1, 2002 Bogner [1216] Brazil Polygala violacea K000012648 Yes
Apr 1, 2002 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Soares Nunes, J.M.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [22428] Brazil Polygala violacea K000012572 No
Hammel, B. [24800] Costa Rica Polygala violacea K001769961 No
Morales, J.F. [9582] Costa Rica Polygala violacea K001769805 No
Alfaro, E.; Grayum, M.; González, J. [4891] Costa Rica Polygala violacea K001769810 No
Morales, J.F.; González, J. [8650] Costa Rica Polygala violacea K001769804 No
Agra, M.F. [1246] Brazil Polygala violacea K000012659 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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