Apiaceae
Centella

Centella erecta (L.f.) Fernald

First published in Rhodora 42: 295 (1940)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, New Jersey, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Virginia, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bermuda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • 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.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Centella asiatica.]
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. [Cited as Centella asiatica.]

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

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.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
{Benkt (Bengt) Sparre; Wall, E.} [s.n.] Chile Centella triflora K002581441 Yes
Philippi, R.A.; Hohenester, R.F. [s.n.] Chile Centella triflora K002581435 Yes
{Bridges} [581] Centella triflora K002581437 Yes
{Bridges} [s.n.] Centella triflora K002581436 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Chile Centella triflora K002581440 Yes
{Benkt (Bengt) Sparre} [s.n.] Chile Centella triflora K002581433 Yes
{Bridges} [581] Chile Centella triflora K002581438 Yes
Comber, H.F. [1029] Chile Centella triflora K002581434 Yes
Gay, C. [s.n.] Chile Centella triflora K002581439 Yes
Fredholm, A. [5270] United States Centella repanda K002581396 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [21940] United States Centella repanda K002581382 Yes
{Sallé} [s.n.] Centella repanda K002581390 Yes
[Teintuner] [s.n.] United States Centella repanda K002581389 Yes
Coville, F.V. [75] United States Centella repanda K002581398 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Centella repanda K002581394 Yes
Hall, E. [241] United States Centella repanda K002581385 Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States Centella repanda K002581392 Yes
Moldenke, H. [592] United States Centella repanda K002581384 Yes
{Lindheimer} [838] Centella repanda K002581388 Yes
Lindheimer, F. [613] United States Centella repanda K002581397 Yes
Fredholm, A. [5344] United States Centella repanda K002581395 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [988] United States Centella repanda K002581383 Yes
Bale, J. [s.n.] United States Centella repanda K002581393 Yes
Jan 1, 1924 Dusén, P. [9518] Brazil Centella dusenii K000529610 Type Yes
Smith, L.B. [1244] Brazil Centella biflora K001130425 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Centella biflora K001130424 Yes
Chamisso, L.A., von [s.n.] Chile Centella biflora K001130418 Yes
Saint-Hilaire, A. [D/581] Brazil Centella biflora K001130431 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4192] Brazil Centella biflora K001130432 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4839] Brazil Centella biflora K001130426 Yes
Miers, J. [3062] Brazil Centella biflora K001130422 Yes
Mueller [383] Brazil Centella biflora K001130420 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil Centella biflora K001130423 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [7982] Brazil Centella biflora K001130433 Yes
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil Centella biflora K001130427 Yes
Riedel [50] Brazil Centella biflora K001130430 Yes
Gardner [52] Brazil Centella biflora K001130428 Yes
Burchell [4178-2] Brazil Centella biflora K001130419 Yes
Chamisso, L.A., von [s.n.] Brazil Centella biflora K001130417 Yes
Burchell [7] Brazil Centella biflora K001130421 Yes
Gardner [52] Brazil Centella biflora K001130429 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0