Stevia ovata

Stevia ovata

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: Asteroideae
Tribus: Eupatorieae
Subtribus: Piqueriinae
Genus: Stevia
Species: Stevia ovata
Varietates: S. o. var. expansa – S. o. var. ovata – S. o. var. texana

Name

Stevia ovata Willd., 1809

Homonyms

• Stevia ovata Lag. = Stevia orizabensis B.L. Rob.
• Stevia ovata Dum.-Cours. = Stevia salicifolia Cav.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas) Continental: Southern America Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Santander), Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal, Guarico, Merida, Miranda, Tachira), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Nicaragua, Ecuador References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Willdenow, C.L. 1809. Enumeratio plantarum horti regii botanici berolinensis, continens descriptiones omnium vegetabilium in horto dicto cultorum. VI + 1099 pp. In taberna Libraria Scholae realis, Berolini [Berlin]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2: 855.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Stevia ovata. 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 Mar. 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Stevia ovata. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 28 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Stevia ovata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 28. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Stevia ovata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Mar. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stevia ovata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Round-leaf candyleaf

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