Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:149. 1753
Verified:
04/18/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
- Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
- Grellin, J. K. & J. Philpott. A reference guide to medicinal plants. 1990
- Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
- Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. Flora of Peru. 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
- Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
- Núñez Meléndez, E. Plantas medicinales de Puerto Rico: Folklore y fundamentos científicos. 1982
- Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. Flora of Suriname. 1932-
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
- Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Common names
English
West Indian-pink – worm-grass –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Central America | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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REGION:
Mexico
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
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MESOAMERICA:
Central America
-
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Peru
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 |
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=35251.
Accessed 20 September 2024.