Melanthera nivea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ecliptinae
Genus: Melanthera
Species: Melanthera nivea
Name

Melanthera nivea (L.) Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. 1251, 1340. 1903
Synonyms

Amellus asper (Jacq.) Kuntze
Amellus asper f. bicolor Kuntze
Amellus asper var. canescens Kuntze
Amellus asper var. glabriusculus Kuntze
Amellus niveus (L.) Kuntze
Athanasia hastata Walter
Bidens nivea L.
Calea aspera Jacq.
Elephantopus cuneifolius Fourn.
Melananthera deltoidea Michx.
Melanthera amethystina O. E. Schulz
Melanthera angustifolia var. subhastata O.E. Schulz
Melanthera aspera (Jacq.) L. C. Rich. ex Spreng.
Melanthera aspera (Jacq.) Rendle
Melanthera aspera var. glabriuscula (Kuntze) J.C. Parks
Melanthera aspera var. subhastata (O.E. Schulz) D? Arcy
Melanthera brevifolia O. E. Schulz
Melanthera buchii Urb.
Melanthera calcicola Britt.
Melanthera canescens (Kuntze) O. E. Schulz
Melanthera carpenteri Small
Melanthera confusa Britt.
Melanthera crenata O. E. Schulz
Melanthera deltoidea Michx.
Melanthera hastata (Walter) Michx.
Melanthera hastata subsp. cubensis (O.E. Schulz) Borhidi
Melanthera hastata var. cubensis O. E. chulz
Melanthera hastata subsp. lobata (Pursh) Borhidi
Melanthera hastata var. lobata Pursh
Melanthera hastifolia S.F.Blake
Melanthera ligulata Small
Melanthera linnaei Kunth
Melanthera longipes Rusby
Melanthera molliuscula O. E. Schulz
Melanthera montana O.E. Schulz
Melanthera montana var. glabriuscula (Kuntze) J.C. Parks
Melanthera nivea O. E. Schulz
Melanthera nivea subsp. cubensis (O.E. Schulz) Borhidi
Melanthera nivea var. glabriuscula (O. Kuntze) J.C. Parks
Melanthera nivea subsp. lobata (Pursh) Borhidi
Melanthera oxycarpha S.F.Blake
Melanthera panduriformis Cass.
Melanthera parviceps Blake
Melanthera trilobata Cass.
Melanthera urticifolia Cass.
Wulffia deltoidea (Michx.) Gomez de la Maza

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina)
Continental: Southern America
Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas, Tortola), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Marie Galante, Martinique, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Costa Rica, Peru, Nicaragua, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Risaralda, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima, Valle), Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia), N-Brazil (Amazonas), Bolivia (Santa Cruz)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Small, Flora of the Southeastern United States. New York 1251, 1340. 1903

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Melanthera nivea. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 02 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Melanthera nivea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 02.
Tropicos.org 2018. Melanthera nivea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Feb. 2018.
Hassler, M. 2018. Melanthera nivea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 02. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melanthera nivea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Pineland Squarestem
español: Yerba de Cabra

Melanthera nivea, also known as pineland squarestem, snow squarestem and Spanish: yerba de cabra,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.[4] It grows in the Americas.
Distribution

It is found in the SE United States, including Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois,[5] as well as in the Caribbean Islands, Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Quintana Roo), Central America and South America, including Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guianas and northern Brazil.
References

Melanthera nivea - NatureServe Explorer
"GRIN Species Records of Melanthera". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
ITIS Standard Report Page: Melanthera nivea
The Plant List (2010). "Melanthera nivea".
Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map