Taxon: Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• basket wiss   (Source: F St John ) – English
  
• hoopvine   (Source: Atlas Florida ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Materials: cane   (used in basket-weaving fide F Cuba)
  

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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
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Sinaloa, Tamaulipas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Guerrero, Morelos, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles; Puerto Rico; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands (British); Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Northern South America: Guyana; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina - Misiones, Salta, Tucuman; Paraguay

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis.
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986–. Flora of the Guianas.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998–. Flora de la República de Cuba.
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969
• Liogier, A. H. 1981–. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
• Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
• Marchioretto, M. S. & J. C. de Siqueira. 1996. Os generos Hilleria Vell. e Trichostegma A. Rich. (Phytolaccaceae) no Brasil. Pesquisas, Bot. 46:190.
• Proctor, G. R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI.
• 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).
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.
• Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (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

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Trichostigma octandrum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Trichostigma octandrum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Trichostigma octandrum.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Rivina octandra L. (basionym)
  
• (≡) Villamillia octandra (L.) Hook. f.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• 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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