Taxon: Hamelia patens Jacq.

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Hamelia patens var. glabra (2 accessions)
• Hamelia patens var. patens (no accessions)

Common names:

• redhead   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: boundary/barrier/support   (a hedge plant fide Wealth India RM 5:5-6. 1959)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Wealth India RM 5:5-6. 1959)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Wealth India RM 5:5-6. 1959)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Hamelia patens from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida [s.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda - Barbuda; Bahamas; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Puerto Rico; St. Vincent and Grenadines - St. Vincent; Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Northern South America: Venezuela [n.]
  Brazil: Brazil - Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Federal District, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina - Chaco, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta; Paraguay

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India

References:

• Cabrera, A. L., dir. 1977–. Flora de la provincia de Jujuy, Republica Argentina.
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1959. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 5:5–6.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Elias, T. S. 1976. A monograph of the genus Hamelia (Rubiaceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 26(4):101–116.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Howard, R. A. 1973. The Enumeratio and Selectarum of Nicolaus von Jacquin. J. Arnold Arbor. 54:435–470.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Hamelia patens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Hamelia patens.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Hamelia patens.

Synonyms:

• Hamelia erecta Jacq. [= Hamelia patens var. patens]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Hamelia nodosa M. Martens & Galeotti [= Hamelia patens var. glabra]
  

Check other web resources for Hamelia patens Jacq.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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