Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

First published in Prodr. 5: 522 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Alabama, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Socotra, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
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  • Funk, V.A., P.E.Berry, S.Alexander, T.H.Hollowell & C.L.Kelloff (2007). Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1-584.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
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  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
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  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
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  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 68.
  • Prod. 5: 522 (1836)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiĭskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje. [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 214 (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: pl. 19 (1987).
  • D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Masc. 109: 171, t. 56 (1993).
  • DC., Prodr. 5: 522 (1836).
  • Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 112. t. 28 (1991).
  • Wild in Kirkia 6: 5 (1967).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2012 Martii [645] Brazil K000053296 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [1345] Brazil K000054351 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [3842] Brazil K000895498 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [2221] Brazil K000054358 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Kayombo, C.J. [4972] Tanzania K000614947 Yes
Oct 14, 2008 Crawford, F. [197] Namibia K000450305 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Klaasens, E. [EK791] Namibia K000450179 Yes
Oct 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Funch, L. [PCD3790] Brazil K000053291 Yes
Oct 1, 1996 Silva, G.P.; Medeiros, A.C.S.; Lima, J.L.S.; Way, M. [2446] Brazil K000053293 Yes
Jul 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M. [PCD3398] Brazil K000053288 Yes
Jul 1, 1996 Harley, R.M.; Hind, D.J.N.; Smith, S.; Bautista, H.P. [PCD3448] Brazil K000053290 Yes
Jun 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.; Funch, L.; Bautista, H.P. [PCD3091] Brazil K000053289 Yes
Jun 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Bautista, H.P.; Smith, S.; Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M. [PCD3240] Brazil K000053292 Yes
Dec 1, 1993 Barros, C.S.S. [154] Brazil K000054352 Yes
Apr 1, 1993 Lemos, M.J.S. [18] Brazil K000053297 Yes
Mar 1, 1993 Hind, D.J.N.; Queiroz, R.F. [H50004] Brazil K000053294 Yes
Mar 1, 1993 Carvalho, A.M.; Hind, D.J.N. [3854] Brazil K000053298 Yes
Salzmann, P. [21] Brazil K000053303 Type Yes
Way, M.J. [SWM2446] Brazil K001031756 Yes
Souza, V.C. [32870] Brazil K001031759 Yes
Eiten, G. [10281] Brazil K001031758 Yes
Bolland, G. [s.n.] Brazil K000054354 Yes
Sukhorukov, A.P. [98] Cabo Verde K001571976 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3727] Mali K000391759 Yes
Pickersgill, B.; Barrett, S.C.H.; Hill, R.A.; Stilwell, M.R. [RU 72230] Brazil K000054353 Yes
Hagerup, O. [543] Mali K000391760 Yes
Sukhorukov, A. [110] Namibia K001572514 Yes
Salzmann, P. [21] Brazil K000053302 Isotype Yes
Ridley; Lea; Ramage [105] Brazil K000054356 Yes
Glocker [s.n.] Brazil K000053300 Yes
Glaziou, A. [13983] Brazil K001031761 Yes
Eiten, G. [4325] Brazil K001031757 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4776] Brazil K001031760 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001031763 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000054357 Yes
Bolland, G. [s.n.] Brazil K000054355 Yes
Gardner, G. [2221] Brazil K000053295 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17247] Brazil K000053301 Yes
King, R.M.; Bishop, L.E. [8687] Brazil K000053299 Yes
Santos, F.A.M. [1] Brazil K001031762 Yes

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