Iresine angustifolia
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| Internal ID | UUID644021ee02ac3448248270 |
| Scientific name | Iresine angustifolia |
| Authority | Euphrasén |
| First published in | Beskrif. Svensk. Vestind. : 165 (1795) |
Description Top
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In English it is known as white snowplant.
Iresine angustifolia is a plant in the genus Iresine of the family Amaranthaceae. It is an herbaceous plant, usually growing to 1.5 meters, with many branches and leaves between 5 and 10 cm long. It is found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, South America, West Indies, and some Caribbean islands, usually on banks near the coast but also on thickets and dry districts. It is not cultivated, but it is used in traditional herbal medicine for treating insect bites. It was first identified by Bengt Anders Euphrasén on Saint Barthélemy in 1788 and its common name in English is white snowplant and in Spanish is arlomo.
Iresine angustifolia is a plant in the genus Iresine of the family Amaranthaceae. It is an herbaceous plant, usually growing to 1.5 meters, with many branches and leaves between 5 and 10 cm long. It is found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, South America, West Indies, and some Caribbean islands, usually on banks near the coast but also on thickets and dry districts. It is not cultivated, but it is used in traditional herbal medicine for treating insect bites. It was first identified by Bengt Anders Euphrasén on Saint Barthélemy in 1788 and its common name in English is white snowplant and in Spanish is arlomo.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Cruzeta elatior | (Rich. ex Willd.) M.Gómez | Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 313 (1896) |
| Iresine celosioides | Sw. | Observ. Bot. (Swartz) 376. 1791 [May-Jul 1791] |
| Iresine elatior | Rich. ex Willd. | Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 766 (1806) |
| Iresine racemosa | Poir. | Encycl. , Suppl. 3: 180 (1813) |
| Rosea elatior | Mart. | Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 59 (1826) |
| Xerandra elatior | Raf. | Fl. Tellur. 3: 43 (1837) |
| Iresine edmonstonei | Hook.f. | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 190 (1847) |
| Iresine laxissima var. ecuadoriensis | Suess. | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 40 1938 |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | white snowplant |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Northern America click to expand
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Mexico
- Mexico Central
- Mexico Gulf
- Mexico Northwest
- Mexico Southeast
- Mexico Southwest
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Mexico
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Caribbean
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Leeward Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Trinidad-Tobago
- Venezuelan Antilles
- Windward Islands
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Central America
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Panamá
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Northern South America
- Venezuela
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Western South America
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Peru
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Caribbean
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000732125 |
| USDA Plants | IRAN |
| Tropicos | 1100459 |
| INPN | 629926 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60727-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2866533 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 677891 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 236970 |
| IPNI | 60727-1 |
| iNaturalist | 286714 |
| GBIF | 3085026 |
| Freebase | /m/012kx1ls |
| Wikipedia | Iresine_angustifolia |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| Title | Authors | Publication | Released | IDs | ||||||
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| A Global Overview of Diversity and Phylogeny of the Rust Genus Uromyces | Gautam AK, Avasthi S, Verma RK, Sushma, Niranjan M, Devadatha B, Jayawardena RS, Suwannarach N, Karunarathna SC | J Fungi (Basel) | 14-Jun-2022 |
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