Acanthospermum australe

Acanthospermum australe
Acanthospermum australe

Taxonavigation edit

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: Millerieae
Subtribus: Melampodiinae
Genus: Acanthospermum
Species: Acanthospermum australe

Name edit

Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze, 1891

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Acanthospermum xanthioides (Kunth) DC. in Prodr. 5: 521 (1836)
    • Centrospermum xanthioides Kunth in F.W.H.A.Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & K.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 213 (1818)
    • Melampodium australe Loefl. in Iter Hispan.: 268 (1758)
  • Heterotypic
    • Acanthospermum brasilium Schrank in Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 53 (1820)
    • Acanthospermum hirsutum DC. in Prodr. 5: 522 (1836)
    • Acanthospermum xanthioides var. acutifolium DC. in Prodr. 5: 522 (1836)
    • Acanthospermum xanthioides var. obtusifolium DC. in Prodr. 5: 522 (1836)
    • Orcya adhaerens Vell. in Fl. Flumin.: 345 (1829)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Santa Fe, San Luis), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Cordillera, Itapua, Misiones, Paraguari, San Pedro), Uruguay (Rocha), N-Brazil (Para), NE-Brazil (Pernambuco), WC-Brazil, SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia), Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz), French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Colombia (Arauca, Boyacá, Caldas, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Santander, Vichada), Lesser Antilles (Martinique, St. Vincent, Grenada), Isla Margarita

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

  • Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. : 1:303. /html/taxon.pl?316532]

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Vernacular names edit

English: Paraguayan starbur
español: Tapekue
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