Poaceae
Andropogon

Andropogon leucostachyus Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 187 (1816)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Vigosa-Mercado, J.L. & Fonseca, R.M. (2017). Flora de Guerrero 75: 1-153. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • 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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Zappi, D.C.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Piva, J.H.; Bessa, M.A. [1004] Brazil K000579256 Yes
Jul 3, 1984 Ecuador K001470271 Yes
Nov 1, 1977 Klein, R.M. [10057] Brazil K001106184 Yes
Dec 25, 1973 Colombia K001470247 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4211] Brazil K001106193 Yes
Lima, A. [582904] Brazil K000004724 Yes
Goldsmith [[87]] Brazil K001106179 Yes
Oldenburger, F.H.F. [1702] Brazil K001106161 Yes
Glaziou, A. [1635] Brazil K001106220 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [17704] Brazil K001106194 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Grants, N.S.F. [12605] Honduras K003910790 No
Prance, G.T. [4535] Brazil K001106114 Yes
Mattos, J.R. [8555] Brazil K001106123 Yes
Prance, G.T. [15261] Brazil K001106181 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Lewis, G.P.; Mello Silva, R.; Pirani, J.R.; Stannard, B.; Furlan, A. [CFCR7222] Brazil K000004729 Yes
Pereria, E. [4672] Brazil K001106168 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [2877] Brazil K001106209 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [15116] Brazil K000004727 Yes
Mimura, I. [21] Brazil K001106127 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [2727] Brazil K001106208 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001106151 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4752] Brazil K001106128 Yes
Lowe, J. [3948] Brazil K001106120 Yes
Burchell [3954] Brazil K001106216 Yes
Spruce, R. [345] Brazil K001106100 Yes
Bautista, H.P. [599] Brazil K001106183 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Pinette, R.; Grants, N.S.F. [13240] Costa Rica K003910801 No
Nascimento, M.S.B. [1221] Brazil K001106102 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Clark, L.; Grants, N.S.F. [13920] Costa Rica K003910799 No
Queiroz, L.P. [5450] Brazil K001106172 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Grants, N.S.F. [11886] El Salvador K003910796 No
Meier, W. & Borjas, P. [7098] Venezuela K001470259 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G.; Grant, N.S.F. [10983] Costa Rica K003910800 No
Burchell [3954] Brazil K001106215 Yes
Eden, M.J. [EM86] Brazil K001106165 Yes
Burchell [8559-2] Brazil K001106217 Yes
Eiten, G. [8121] Brazil K001106157 Yes
Sendulsky, T. [1012] Brazil K001106121 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [45718] Brazil K001106192 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [2487] Brazil K001106207 Yes
Lindeman, J.C. [2] Brazil K001106198 Yes
Glaziou, A. [22383] Brazil K001106108 Yes
Skortzov, B. [91] Brazil K001106125 Yes
Widgren [s.n.] Brazil K001106098 Yes
Philcox, D. [4110] Brazil K001106189 Yes
Reitz [17678] Brazil K001106166 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [5558] Brazil K001106202 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G.; Grants, N.S.F. [12042] Honduras K003910791 No
Dombrowski, L.T. [2178] Brazil K001106206 Yes
Philcox, D. [3016] Brazil K001106188 Yes
Pereira, E. [4672] Brazil K001106174 Yes
Smith, L.B. [7306] Brazil K001106187 Yes
Fonseca, M.L. [1242] Brazil K001106171 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Clark, L.; Grants, N.S.F. [13996] Honduras K003910789 No
Smith, L.B. [15747] Brazil K001106118 Yes
Sellow [[1840]] Brazil K001106152 Yes
Chase, A. [9997] Brazil K001106210 Yes
Prance, G.T. [8618] Brazil K001106117 Yes
Gardner [2980] Brazil K000004730 Yes
Glaziou, A. [22385] Brazil K001106156 Yes
Ziller, S.R. [369] Brazil K001106170 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [167] Brazil K001106169 Yes
Glaziou, A. [11671] Brazil K001106097 Yes
Eiten, G. [6943] Brazil K001106119 Yes
Klein, R. [2558] Brazil K001106110 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [8311] Brazil K001106116 Yes
Prance, G.T. [3450] Brazil K001106113 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [15805] Brazil K000004728 Yes
Smith, L.B. [1555] Brazil K001106213 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4222] Brazil K001106196 Yes
Smith, L.B. [6105] Brazil K001106176 Yes
Reitz, P.R. [3559] Brazil K001106218 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G.; Grants, N.S.F. [12005] Honduras K003910794 No
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [15544] Brazil K000004726 Yes
Coradin, L. [523] Brazil K001106190 Yes
Gardner [853] Brazil K001106103 Yes
Kuniyoshi, Y.S. [1925] Brazil K001106205 Yes
Ribas, O.S. [600] Brazil K001106173 Yes
Furlan, A.; Pirani, J.R.; Cordeiro, I.; Menezes, N.L. [CFCR464] Brazil K000004723 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [8744] Colombia K001470245 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001106222 Yes
Glaziou [11671] Brazil K001106211 Yes
Pohl [1141] Brazil K001106155 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [5958] Brazil K001106164 Yes
Glaziou, A. [17388] Brazil K001106212 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [9461] Mexico K000476396 No
Burchell [8390] Brazil K001106109 Yes
Oldenburger, F.H.F. [1831] Brazil K001106160 Yes
Maas, P.J.M. [291] Brazil K001106182 Yes
Wright, C. [289] Cuba K000632912 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G.; Grants, N.S.F. [11929] Honduras K003910792 No
Glaziou, A. [15634] Brazil K001106214 Yes
Ramos, J. [104] Brazil K001106177 Yes
Prance, G.T. [7214] Brazil K001106185 Yes
Jangoux, J. [1805] Brazil K001106104 Yes
Barbosa, J. [726] Brazil K001106105 Yes
Gardner [2980] Brazil K000004731 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4320] Brazil K001106199 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G.; Grants, N.S.F. [12342] Nicaragua K003910798 No
Regnell, A.F. [III/1384] Brazil K001106107 Yes
Conrad, J. [2027] Brazil K001106197 Yes
Harris [s.n.] Brazil K001106221 Yes
Amaral, I.L. [1123] Brazil K001106099 Yes
Sellow [1105] Brazil K001106150 Yes
Castellanos, A. [25433] Brazil K001106186 Yes
Dominican Republic K000632913 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smith, L.B. [14427] Brazil K001106191 Yes
Zappi, D.C.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Piva, J.H.; Bessa, M.A. [1004] Brazil K000847035 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4307] Brazil K001106195 Yes
Skvortzov, B. [18] Brazil K001106126 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [2380] Brazil K001106204 Yes
Kummorow, R. [168] Brazil K001106223 Yes
Guillemin [557] Brazil K001106101 Yes
Argent, G. [6610] Brazil K001106178 Yes
Barbosa, E. [1057] Brazil K001106201 Yes
Pohl [1144] Brazil K001106154 Yes
Luetzelburg [6028] Brazil K000004722 Yes
Silva, M. [112] Brazil K001106175 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [1598] Brazil K001106203 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Grants, N.S.F. [12605] Honduras K003910793 No
Skortzov, B. [43/C] Brazil K001106162 Yes
Noblick, L.R. [3067] Brazil K000004721 Yes
Kral, R. [75039] Brazil K001106219 Yes
Conrad, J. [1978] Brazil K001106124 Yes
Klein, R.M. [12088] Brazil K001106200 Yes
Dubs, B. [849] Brazil K001106159 Yes
Calyton, W.D. [4906] Brazil K001106111 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [24722] Brazil K001106112 Yes
Galán, P.; Martínez, V.M. [3718] El Salvador K003910795 No
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [15292] Brazil K000004725 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [5773] Brazil K001106163 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [6575] Brazil K001106167 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001106122 Yes
Glaziou [16583] Brazil K001106153 Yes
Bornschein [69] Brazil K001106115 Yes
Argent, G. [6451] Brazil K001106180 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G.; Grants, N.S.F. [12306] Nicaragua K003910797 No
Glaziou, A. [22382] Brazil K001106106 Yes
Muller, F.; Mersnir [1393] Mexico K003910802 No
Linsinger [70] Brazil K001106158 Yes
Panama K001470239 Yes
Panama K001470240 Yes
Panama K001470241 Yes
Colombia K001470242 Yes
Colombia K001470243 Yes
Colombia K001470244 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [8744], Colombia K001470245 Yes
Colombia K001470246 Yes
Colombia K001470248 Yes
Colombia K001470249 Yes
Colombia K001470250 Yes
Colombia K001470251 Yes
Colombia K001470252 Yes
Colombia K001470253 Yes
Colombia K001470254 Yes
Colombia K001470255 Yes
Colombia K001470256 Yes
Colombia K001470257 Yes
Colombia K001470258 Yes
Venezuela K001470259 Yes
Venezuela K001470260 Yes
Venezuela K001470261 Yes
Venezuela K001470262 Yes
Venezuela K001470263 Yes
Venezuela K001470264 Yes
Venezuela K001470265 Yes
Venezuela K001470266 Yes
Venezuela K001470267 Yes
Venezuela K001470268 Yes
Ecuador K001470269 Yes
Ecuador K001470270 Yes
Ecuador K001470272 Yes

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