Elephantopus mollis

Elephantopus mollis

Taxonavigation

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: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Vernonieae
Subtribus: Elephantopinae
Genus: Elephantopus
Species: Elephantopus mollis

Name

Elephantopus mollis Kunth, 1820

Synonyms

• Elephantopus carolinensis G.F.W. Mey.
• Elephantopus carolinianus var. mollis (Kunth) Beurlin
• Elephantopus cernuus Vell.
• Elephantopus hypomalacus Blake
• Elephantopus martii Graham
• Elephantopus mollis var. bracteosus Domin
• Elephantopus mollis var. capitulatus Domin
• Elephantopus pilosus Philipson
• Elephantopus scaber var. albiflorus Kuntze
• Elephantopus scaber var. nudicaulis Kuntze
• Elephantopus sericeus Graham
• Elephantopus serratus Blanco
• Elephantopus sordidus Salisb.
• Elephantopus tomentosus L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Alto Parana, Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Misiones, Paraguari, San Pedro), Uruguay (Artigas, Rivera, Tacuarembo), N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Zulia), Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas), Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolvar, Boyac, Caldas, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choc, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Norte de Santander, Quindo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vaups, Vichada), Belize, Peru, Nicaragua, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Ecuador References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Kunth, C.S., Nova Genera et Species Plantarum 4:20[folio]. 1818; 4:26[quarto]. 1820

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Elephantopus mollis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Elephantopus mollis. Published online. Accessed: May 28 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Elephantopus mollis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 28.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Elephantopus mollis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 May 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Elephantopus mollis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Elephant foot
español: Lengua de vaca, Lengua de vaca de Sabana

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