Mikania
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| Genus: | Mikania |
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Mikania is a genus of about 450[2] species in the Eupatorieae (boneset) tribe within the Asteraceae (sunflower) family.
The name honors the Czech botanist Johann Christian Mikan, 1743–1814.[2] Members of the genus are stem twiners and lianas and are common in the neotropical flora. Mikania originates from South America. A few species, such as Mikania scandens, are found in temperate areas of North and South America, and nine species are known from the Old World tropics.[2] As with other plants in the tribe Eupatorieae, the flowers have disc florets and no ray florets.
The species and , also known as guaco, are popular in herbal medicine.
Mikania micrantha is a widespread weed in the tropics. It grows very quickly (as fast as 80 mm in 24 hours for a young plant) and covers other plants.[3] People have looked into controlling it with herbicides, parasitic plants, fungi and insects.
Selected species[]
- Mikania andrei (Ecuador)
- (Florida and West Indies)[4]
- (Africa)
- Mikania chimborazensis (Ecuador)
- (northern Argentina to southeastern United States (Texas to Florida))[5]
- Mikania cuencana (Ecuador)
- Mikania harlingii (Ecuador)
- Mikania iodotricha (Ecuador)
- Mikania iserniana (Ecuador)
- Mikania jamesonii (Ecuador)
- Mikania micrantha (widespread weed in many tropical areas including southern Florida)
- Mikania millei (Ecuador)
- Mikania natalensis (Africa)
- Mikania oreophila (Brazil)
- Mikania pulverulenta (Ecuador)
- Mikania seemannii (Ecuador)
- Mikania scandens (Mexico, Bahamas, and eastern United States as far north as Maine + Michigan)[6]
- Mikania stereolepis (Ecuador)
- Mikania tafallana (Ecuador)
References[]
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-19 at archive.today
- ^ a b c "Mikania". Flora of North America.
- ^ "INVASIVES: Newsletter of the Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network (APFISN)" (PDF). 8. February 2007. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ "Mikania batatifolia de Candolle". Flora of North America.
- ^ "Mikania cordifolia (Linnaeus f.) Willdenow". Flora of North America.
- ^ "Mikania scandens (Linnaeus) Willdenow". Flora of North America.
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- Mikania
- Eupatorieae
- Asteraceae genera
- Flora of South America
- Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Willdenow