Taxon: Anoda cristata (L.) Schltdl.

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:

CO*°, DE°, MD°, NC°, NJ°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• anoda-weed   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• spurred anoda   (Source: Names Beetle ) – English
  
• violettas   (Source: Herb Commerce ed2) – English
  
• alache   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• malva de Castilla   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• pie de gallo   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• quesitos   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• violeta   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  
• amapola   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish (Mexico)
  
• glansmalva   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed)
  

More:

View 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)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte, Baja Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tabasco, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina [n.]; Chile [n.?]; Uruguay

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Gauteng
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Sri Lanka
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

• also cultivated

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. [accepts A. acerifolia for this taxon].
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85.
• Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31.
• Borssum Waalkes, J. v. 1966. Malesian Malvaceae revised. Blumea 14:148–149.
• Breedlove, D. E., ed. 1981–. Flora of Chiapas.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Fryxell, P. A. 1988. Malvaceae of Mexico. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25:89–92.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003–. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998–. Flora de la República de Cuba.
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. [accepts A. acerifolia for this taxon].
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
• Moscoso, R. M. 1943. Catalogus florae domingensis. [accepts A. hastata for this taxon].
• Rendon, B. et al. 2001. Ethnobotany of Anoda cristata (L.) Schl. (Malvaceae) in central Mexico: uses, management and population differentiation in the community of Santiago Mamalhuazuca, Ozumba, State of Mexico. Econ. Bot. 55:545–554.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
• Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24.
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Anoda cristata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Anoda cristata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Anoda cristata.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Sida cristata L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Anoda cristata (L.) Schltdl.:

• 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
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• 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.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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