Description
Genus Stevia
Annuals
, perennials
, subshrubs
, or shrubs
, 50-120+ cm. Stems erect
, usually branched. Leaves cauline; all or mostly opposite or mostly alternate; petiolate
or sessile; blades
1- or 3-nerved, deltate, lanceolate, lance-elliptic, lance-linear
, elliptic-oblong, linear
, ovate
, or trullate
, margins
entire
or serrate, serrulate
, or toothed
, faces
hirtellous, puberulent
, glabrescent
, or glabrous
(sometimes shiny), sometimes gland-dotted. Heads discoid
, in loose
to dense, corymbiform
arrays. Involucres ± cylindric
, (1-) 2-3 mm diam. Phyllaries persistent
, 5(-6) in ± 1 series, 2-3-nerved, ovate or oblong
to lanceolate or linear, ± equal (herbaceous). Receptacles flat or convex
, epaleate. Florets 5(-6) ; corollas purple to pink or white, throats
narrowly funnelform
(lengths 3-4 times diams., ± hirtellous inside) ; styles
: bases
sometimes enlarged, glabrous (sometimes papillose
), branches filiform
. Cypselae columnar
to prismatic
or fusiform
, 5-ribbed, gland-dotted and/or scabrellous; pappi (sometimes ± vestigial
on 1-2 cypselae of each head
) persistent, of 5, (distinct
or connate
) muticous
scales
plus 0-5[-30+] subulate-aristate to setiform
scales or bristles
. x = 11, 12, 17.
Species ca.
240: w United
States, Mexico, Central America, South America.Guy L. Nesom "Stevia". in Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 459, 483, 485. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Genus:
Stevia
()
- Cavanilles, Icon. 4: 32, plates 354, 355. 1797.
- Candyleaf [For Pedro Jaime Esteve (Stevius), d. 1556, noted medical practitioner and botany professor of Valencia, Spain]
- Specific epithet:
amblyolepis
- Huisache-daisy [Greek ambly, blunt, and lepis, scale]
- Botanical name: - Stevia amblyolepis (B. Robinson) B. Robinson
- Specific epithet:
amblyolepis
- Huisache-daisy [Greek ambly, blunt, and lepis, scale]
- Genus:
Stevia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Stevia amblyolepis (B. L. Rob.)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Stevia
There are approximately 315 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. achalensis · S. alatipes · S. alpina · S. alpina var. glutinosa · S. alternifolia · S. amabilis · S. amambayensis · S. amblyolepis · S. amblyolepis var. typica · S. ambylolepis · S. ammotropha · S. amplexicaulis · S. anadenotricha · S. andina · S. angustifolia · S. anisostemma · S. apensis · S. arachnoidea · S. arbutifolia · S. aristata · S. aschenborniana · S. baccharifolia · S. balansae · S. bangii · S. beckii · S. benderi · S. benthamiana · S. berlandieri · S. bermejensis · S. bertholdii · S. bicrenata · S. boliviensis · S. breviaristata · S. brevipapposa · S. bridgesii · S. burkartii · S. cajabambensis · S. calderillensis · S. calicifolia · S. callosa · S. caltepecana · S. calzadana · S. camachensis · S. camporum · S. canescens · S. caracasana · S. cardiatica · S. catharinensis · S. chacoensis · S. chamaedrys · S. chiapensis · S. chilapensis · S. cinerascens · S. clausseni · S. claussenii · S. clinopodia · S. clinopodioides · S. clivicola · S. coahuilensis · S. collina · S. collodes · S. commixta · S. compacta · S. conferta · S. connata · S. copiosa · S. crenata · S. crenulata · S. cruzii · S. cryptantha · S. cuneata · S. cuzcoensis · S. decumbens · S. decussata · S. deltoidea · S. dianthoidea · S. dictyophylla · S. diffusa · S. discolor · S. eclipes · S. effusa var. typica · S. elatior · S. elatior var. coronata · S. elongata · S. elongata var. typica · S. entreriensis · S. ephemera · S. estrellaris · S. estrellensis · S. eupatoria · S. fascicularis · S. febrifuga · S. fiebrigii · S. filipes · S. foliosa · S. fruticosa · S. galeopsidifolia · S. gilliesii · S. glandulosa · S. glanduloso-pubescens
Bibliography
- Grashoff, J. L. 1972. A Systematic Study of the North and Central American Species of Stevia. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Texas.
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 31, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 17, 2008:
- The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3447521
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 987063
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:251245-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2097656
