Summary
Place of publication:
Phytologia 32:34. 1975
Verified:
03/09/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Guam | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Northern Mariana Islands | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Misiones | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Northern America
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida, Louisiana]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Misiones], Paraguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Ecuador
Other
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Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Weed | | | Wagner, W. L. et al. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. 1990 |
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(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=104206.
Accessed 15 April 2026.