Taxon: Enicostema verticillatum (L.) Engl.

 
Genus: Enicostema
Family: Gentianaceae
Tribe: Potalieae
Subtribe: Faroinae
Nomen number: 430576
Place of publication: H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2):67. 1895
Link to protologue:
Comment: authorship verified by W. Greuter & K. Gandhi, pers. comm. (via e-mails on 25 Aug 2015)
Typification:
Name Verified on: 25-ago-2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 25-ago-2015
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • balai savane  (Source: F LAnt) - French

Economic Importance:

  • Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Southern America
    • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
    • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
    • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela [Bolivar, Guarico, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Lara, Yaracuy]


References:

  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98. 2012 (L West Indies)
  2. Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
  3. Funk, V. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584. 2007 (L Guiana Shield)
  4. Hokche, O. et al. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola. (L Venez ed2)
  5. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989 (F LAnt)
  6. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  7. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). (F Nicaragua)
  8. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995- (F VenGuay)
  9. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980 (F Panama)

Check other web resources for Enicostema verticillatum (L.) Engl. :

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas 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.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=430576. Accessed 4 junio 2026.