Melanthera nivea

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: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ecliptinae
Genus: Melanthera
Species: Melanthera nivea

Name

Melanthera nivea (L.) Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. 1251, 1340. 1903

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Amellus niveus (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 306 (1891)
- Bidens nivea L. in Sp. Pl.: 833 (1753)
Heterotypic
- Amellus asper (Jacq.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 305 (1891)
- Amellus asper f. bicolor Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 306 (1891)
- Amellus asper var. canescens Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 306 (1891)
- Amellus asper var. glabriusculus Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 306 (1891)
- Amellus asper var. normalis Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 305 (1891), not validly publ.
- Amellus discoideus (Baker) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 306 (1891)
- Amellus echinocephalon Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 306 (1891)
- Amellus lanceolatus Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 306 (1891)
- Amellus microphyllus Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 306 (1891)
- Amellus oxylepis Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 306 (1891)
- Athanasia hastata Walter in Fl. Carol.: 201 (1788)
- Calea aspera Jacq. in Collectanea 2: 290 (1788)
- Echinocephalum discoideum Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(3): 230 (1884)
- Elephantopus cuneifolius Fourn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 30: 186 (1883)
- Melananthera deltoidea Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 107 (1803)
- Melananthera hastata Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 107 (1803)
- Melanthera amellus var. subhastata (O.E.Schulz) D'Arcy in Phytologia 30: 6 (1974)
- Melanthera amethystina O.E.Schulz in Symb. Antill. 7: 127 (1911)
- Melanthera angustifolia A.Rich. in Hist. Fis. Cuba 11: 54 (1850)
- Melanthera angustifolia var. subhastata O.E.Schulz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 109 (1929)
- Melanthera aspera (Jacq.) Steud. ex Small in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 164 (1909)
- Melanthera aspera var. canescens Thell. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchâtel 5(2): 426 (1914)
- Melanthera aspera var. glabriuscula (Kuntze) J.C.Parks in Rhodora 75: 194 (1973)
- Melanthera aspera var. subhastata (O.E.Schulz) D'Arcy in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 62: 1119 (1976)
- Melanthera brevifolia O.E.Schulz in Symb. Antill. 7: 123 (1911)
- Melanthera buchii Urb. in Symb. Antill. 3: 411 (1903)
- Melanthera calcicola Britton in Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 309 (1925)
- Melanthera canescens O.E.Schulz in Symb. Antill. 7: 116 (1911)
- Melanthera canescens f. bicolor O.E.Schulz in Symb. Antill. 7: 117 (1911)
- Melanthera carpenteri Small in Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1251, 1340 (1903)
- Melanthera confusa Britton in Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 309 (1925)
- Melanthera corymbosa Spreng. in Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 2: 135 (1821)
- Melanthera crenata O.E.Schulz in Symb. Antill. 7: 123 (1911)
- Melanthera deltoidea Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 106 (1803)
- Melanthera discoidea (Baker) S.F.Blake in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 254 (1930)
- Melanthera hastata Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 106 (1803)
- Melanthera hastata var. cubensis O.E.Schulz in Symb. Antill. 7: 125 (1911)
- Melanthera hastata subsp. cubensis (O.E.Schulz) Borhidi in Bot. Közlem. 58: 177 (1971)
- Melanthera hastata subsp. lobata (Pursh) Borhidi in Bot. Közlem. 58: 177 (1971)
- Melanthera hastata var. lobata Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 519 (1813)
- Melanthera hastata var. pandurata Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 519 (1813)
- Melanthera hastata var. parvifolia O.E.Schulz in Symb. Antill. 7: 126 (1911)
- Melanthera hastifolia S.F.Blake in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 29 (1922)
- Melanthera lanceolata Benth. in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1852: 88 (1853)
- Melanthera ligulata Small in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 439 (1905)
- Melanthera linearis S.F.Blake in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 30 (1922)
- Melanthera linnaei Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 156 (1818)
- Melanthera lobata Small in Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1251, 1340 (1903)
- Melanthera longipes Rusby in Descr. S. Amer. Pl.: 153 (1920)
- Melanthera microphylla Steetz in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 156 (1854)
- Melanthera molliuscula O.E.Schulz in Symb. Antill. 7: 121 (1911)
- Melanthera montana O.E.Schulz in Symb. Antill. 7: 121 (1911)
- Melanthera oxycarpha S.F.Blake in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 628 (1924)
- Melanthera oxylepis DC. in Prodr. 5: 545 (1836)
- Melanthera panduriformis Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 29: 485 (1823)
- Melanthera parviceps S.F.Blake in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 22: 384 (1932)
- Melanthera purpurascens S.F.Blake in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 629 (1924)
- Melanthera trilobata Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 29: 485 (1823)
- Melanthera urticifolia Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 29: 484 (1823)
- Wulffia angustifolia (A.Rich.) M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 274 (1890)
- Wulffia deltoidea (Michx.) M.Gómez in Dicc. Bot. Nom. Vulg. Cub. Puerto-Riquenos: 26 (1889)
- Wulffia hastata M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 274 (1890)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- - USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina)
Continental: Southern America
- - Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas, Tortola), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Marie Galante, Martinique, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Costa Rica, Peru, Nicaragua, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Risaralda, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima, Valle), Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia), N-Brazil (Amazonas), Bolivia (Santa Cruz)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Small, 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States. New York 1251, 1340.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Melanthera nivea. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 02 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Melanthera nivea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 02. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Melanthera nivea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Feb. 2018.
Hassler, M. 2018. Melanthera nivea. 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 Feb. 02. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melanthera nivea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Pineland Squarestem
español: Yerba de Cabra