Summary
Place of publication:
Anales Ci. Parag. ser. 1, 5:3. 1905
Verified:
03/22/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
stevia – sweet-leaf-of-Paraguay – French
stévia – German
Paraguay-Stevie – Stevia – Portuguese
stévia – Portuguese (Brazil)
erva-adocicada – erva-doce – estévia – folha-doce – Swedish
sötflockel –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Amambay | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Concepcion | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais]
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Paraguay [Amambay, Concepcion]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | sweetener | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
Medicines | source of stevioside | | Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988) |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=35581.
Accessed 19 September 2024.