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Taxon: Mikania cordata (Burm. f.) B. L. Rob.

Genus: Mikania
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 316382
Place of publication: Contr. Gray Herb. 104:65. 1934
Comment: non Mikania cordata Hilliard (= M. natalensis DC.)
Name verified on: 14-Apr-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Jan-2007
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE FEDERAL AND STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS.
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
FL*, MA*, NC*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Economic importance:

  • Animal food: potential as forage   (fide Pl Res SEAs 4:166. 1992)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Hainan
    Eastern Asia: Taiwan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indo-China: Myanmar; Thailand
    Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
  • PACIFIC
    Southwestern Pacific: Samoa [w.]; Solomon Islands

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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Mikania cordata (Burm. f.) B. L. Rob.:

  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images 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.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316382 (09 February 2010)

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