Rubiaceae
Mitracarpus

Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 4: 572 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Introduced into:

Alabama, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mississippi, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre

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.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2004). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 8: 1-874. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Das, S.C. & al. (2002). Notes on the Rubiaceae 1. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 9(1): 67-75.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R. (2006 publ. 2007). A synopsis of the Rubiaceae of the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with a key to genera, and a preliminary species list. Revista de Biologia Neotropical 3: 13-96.
  • Delprete, P.G. (2010). Rubiaceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Friedmann, F. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. ORSTOM éditions.
  • 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].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Levin, G.A. & Moran, R. (1989). The vascular flora of isla Socorro, Mexico: 1-71. Dept. of Botany, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego.
  • Lozada Pérez, L. & Borhidi, A. (2013). Flora de Guerrero 57: 1-55. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Mendoza, H., Ramirez P., B.R. & Jimenez, L.C. (2004). Rubiaceae de Colombia: guia ilustrada de generos: 1-351. Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.
  • Middleton, J.D. (ed.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 13: 1-654. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Puff, C., Chayamarit, K., Chamchumroon, V. & Esser, H.-J. (2021). Flora of Thailand 15(1): 1-235. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Smith, A.C. (1988). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 4: 1-377. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Williams, R.O. & Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1928). Rubiales. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(1): 1-48. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(3): 1-384. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • de Souza, E.B., Cabral, E.L. & Zappi, D.C. (2010). Revisão de Mitracarpus (Rubiaceae - Spermacoceae) para o Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 319-352.

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.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Das, S.C. & al. (2002). Notes on the Rubiaceae 1. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 9(1): 67-75.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Levin, G.A. & Moran, R. (1989). The vascular flora of isla Socorro, Mexico: 1-71. Dept. of Botany, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Smith, A.C. (1988). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 4: 1-377. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Williams, R.O. & Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1928). Rubiales. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(1): 1-48. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(3): 1-384. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2008 Vu Xuan Phuong [HNK 311] Vietnam K001045267 No
Jun 1, 2008 Gardner [1334] Brazil K000016276 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Biggs, N.; Camargo, A.C.; Bessa, M.A. [1903] Brazil K000578075 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Mori, S.A.; Mattos Silva, L.A.; Kallunki, J.A.; dos Santos, T.S. [10007] Brazil K000016298 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; dos Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18982] Brazil K000016287 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Melo, E.,, França, F.; Correia, C. [2094] Brazil K000447160 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Mueller, F. [365] Brazil K000447267 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Blanchet [3125A] Brazil K000001717 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Mello-Silva, R.; Pirani, J.R.; Furlan, A.; Harley, R.M. [CFCR7483] Brazil K000016473 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W.; Souza, Jr., R.; dos Santos, R.R. [14605] Brazil K000016487 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Schomburgk [394] Guyana K000174502 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Schomburgk [394] Guyana K000174504 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Schomburgk [394] Guyana K000174503 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Noblick, L.R. [3837] Brazil K000447159 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Mori, S.A. [13432] Brazil K000016299 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Giulietti, A.M.; Semir, J.; Menezes, N.L.; Rossi, L.; Cordeiro, I.; Furlan, A.; Pirani, J.R. [CFCR1220] Brazil K000016486 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Blanchet [s.n.] Brazil K000447158 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; de Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21504] Brazil K000016484 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Blanchet [3125] Brazil K000016301 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Pereira, A.; Orlandi, R.; Guedes, M.L.; Bautista, H.P. [0246] Brazil K000016259 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Blanchet [3125] Brazil K000016371 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 Sales de Melo, M.R.C.; Teixeira, V. [667] Brazil K000016490 Yes
May 1, 2004 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000006677 Yes
May 1, 2004 Spruce, R. [4042] Peru K000006676 Yes
May 1, 2004 Spruce, R. [4042] Peru K000006675 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Smith, H.H. [90] Colombia K001493666 Yes
Jul 2, 1991 Sinclair [s.n.] K000174516 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ratter, J.A. [2795] Brazil K001204479 Yes
Burchell [7032] Brazil K001204487 Yes
s.coll. [788] Brazil K001204496 Yes
Burchell [s.n.] Brazil K001204490 Yes
Burchell [4082] Brazil K001204492 Yes
Romero, R. [2265] Brazil K001204486 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [24541] Brazil K001204478 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [738] Mexico K000174514 Unknown Type Material Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K001204508 Yes
Windisch [1750] Brazil K001204504 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Fonseca, S.F.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R.; Ramos, J. [26757] Brazil K001204493 Yes
Iwin, H.S. [2577] Brazil K001204503 Yes
s.coll. [21515] Brazil K001204488 Yes
Bidgem, M. [53] Senegal K000173920 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sonké, B.; Simo, M. [5307] Cameroon K001519525 No
Wilson, F.G.; Browne, S.J. [17] Guyana K001204489 Yes
Wright, C. [1120] Mexico K000174513 Type Yes
Wright, C. [1120] Mexico K000174515 Isotype Yes
Accorsi, W.R. [s.n.] Brazil K001204500 Yes
Vieira, R.F.; Pereira, J.B. [739] Brazil K001204497 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [23283] Brazil K001204501 Yes
Kirkbride, J.H., Jr. [3150] Brazil K001204483 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [3826] Brazil K001204523 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [6706] Brazil K001204477 Yes
Kirkbride, J.H., Jr. [5149] Brazil K001204481 Yes
Burchell [6849] Brazil K001204491 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [26753] Brazil K001204505 Yes
Philcox, D.; Onishi, E. [4858] Brazil K001204484 Yes
Riedel [1882] Brazil K001204507 Yes
Munhoz, C.; Rodrigues, N.; Ramos, K.M.O. [1358] Brazil K001204498 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; Fonseca, S.F. [23283] Brazil K001204502 Yes
Krieger, L. [11595] Brazil K001204485 Yes
Oliveira, J.A. [2] Brazil K001204522 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [2931] Brazil K001204482 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [13879] Brazil K001204480 Yes
s.coll. [12775] Brazil K001204509 Yes
Mori, S.A. [12514] Brazil K001204499 Yes
Schumann [788] Brazil K001204495 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [1647] Brazil K001204475 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [2577] Brazil K001204506 Yes
Brooks, R.R. [511] Brazil K001204494 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [1554] Brazil K001204476 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5252] Sierra Leone K000173921 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bolivia K001493651 Yes
Bolivia K001493652 Yes
Bolivia K001493653 Yes
Bolivia K001493654 Yes
Bolivia K001493655 Yes
Bolivia K001493656 Yes
Bolivia K001493657 Yes
Bolivia K001493659 Yes
Peru K001493660 Yes
Peru K001493661 Yes
Venezuela, Ecuador K001493662 Yes
Venezuela, Ecuador K001493663 Yes
Venezuela, Ecuador K001493664 Yes
Venezuela, Ecuador K001493665 Yes
Colombia K001493667 Yes
Colombia K001493668 Yes
Colombia K001493669 Yes
Colombia K001493670 Yes
Colombia K001493671 Yes
Bolivia K001493658 No
Feb 1, 1981 Huber, O. [5619] Venezuela Mitracarpus villosus K001493675 Yes
Hemp, A. [4558] Kenya Mitracarpus villosus K001765391 Yes
Feb 1, 2007 de Agostini, G.; de Agostini, T. [1653] Venezuela Mitracarpus diffusus K001493641 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1669] Sudan Mitracarpus verticillatus K:SPC-03310.000 No
Pohl [1714 (d. 782)] Brazil Mitracarpus hirtus var. remotiflorus K000174499 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [8699] Brazil Mitracarpus hirtus var. remotiflorus K000174501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pohl [782] Brazil Mitracarpus hirtus var. remotiflorus K000174500 Unknown Type Material Yes

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