A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites

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Yucca gloriosa L., Sp. Pl. 319. 1753.
Distribution: Cultivated in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Lesser
Antilles (Guadeloupe, Marie Galante), and Margarita; native to
the southeastern United States.
Common Names: Bayoneta, Cucaracha, Espino, Espino de cerca,
Maguey silvestre, Piñón de puñal (Cuba), Bayoneta española
(Puerto Rico).
References: 3, 28, 131, 132, 147, 295, 323.
Yucca guatemalensis Baker = Yucca gigantea Lem.
Asteraceae
by H. Robinson & V.A. Funk
Genera. Total: 194; native: 141; endemic: 38.
Taxa. Total: 773; native: 660; endemic: 489.
*Acanthodesmos distichus C.D. Adams & du Quesnay, Phytologia 21:
405. 1971.
Distribution: Endemic to Jamaica.
Reference: 2.
Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 303.
1891; Melampodium australe Loefl., Iter Hispan. 268. 1758.
Distribution: Native to Lesser Antilles (Grenada, Martinique,
St. Vincent), Margarita, North America, and South America;
reported for South Africa.
References: 1, 151, 323.
Acanthospermum hispidum A. DC. in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 522.
1836.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
(St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser
Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique,
Montserrat, St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts, St. Martin), Curaçao,
Tobago, North America, Central America, and South America.
Common Names: Cadillo de burro, Mala mujer (Dominican Republic).
References: 1, 5, 7, 19, 58, 61, 123, 136, 224, 301.
Note: Considered exotic and invasive in Cuba by CeNBIO.
Acanthospermum humile (Sw.) DC., Prodr. 5: 522. 1836;
Melampodium humile Sw., Prodr. 114. 1788.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, North
America, and Central America.
Common Names: Spiny-bur (Bahamas), Guizazo abrojo, Pinea, Pinedo,
Quita zapatos (Cuba), Dessalines, Mala mujer (Dominican
Republic), Feuilles hareng, L’indigene, Thé menthe (Haiti), Sheep
bur (Jamaica).
References: 2, 5, 7, 45, 123, 136, 151, 224.
Note: Considered exotic and invasive in Cuba by CeNBIO.
Achillea millefolium L., Sp. Pl. 899. 1753.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, North America,
Mexico, Central America, South America, and Old World;
cultivated in Puerto Rico.
Common Names: Milenrama (Cuba), Ciprés de invierno, Cipres de
Judea, Cipres de perla, Perla, Sereno de invierno (Dominican
Republic), Mil en rama (Haiti), Milfoil, Yarrow (Jamaica), Milfoil,
Perla, Yarrow (Puerto Rico).
References: 2, 7, 61, 131, 136, 159, 224, 295.
Note: Considered exotic and invasive in Cuba by CeNBIO.
Acmella brachyglossa Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2, 50: 258. 1827.
Spilanthes limonica A.H. Moore, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 42: 541. 1907.
Distribution: Apparently native to Cuba and Lesser Antilles
(Martinique); native to Central America and South America.
References: 136, 161, 207.
Acmella iodiscaea (A.H. Moore) R.K. Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 53.
1985; Spilanthes iodiscaea A.H. Moore, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
42: 536. 1907.
Spilanthes uliginosa sensu DC., Prodr. 5: 491. 1836, non Sw.
Verbesina debilis Spreng., Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 2: 137. 1821.
Verbesina pusilla Poir. in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 8: 459. 1808.
Distribution: Endemic to West Indies; native to Bahamas, Hispaniola,
Puerto Rico, and Lesser Antilles (Barbuda).
References: 1, 7, 30, 45, 58, 61, 151, 156, 161.
Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K. Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 65. 1985;
Spilanthes oleracea L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 534. 1767.
Distribution: Cultivated in Cuba and Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe,
Martinique), also in South America and Africa.
References: 1, 61, 136, 207, 224, 340.
Note: Considered an invasive species by CeNBIO.
Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K. Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 30. 1985.
Spilanthes beccabunga DC., Prodr. 5: 622. 1836.
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba; a weed throughout tropical America.
References: 136, 161, 207, 224.
Acmella pusilla (Hook. & Arn.) R.K. Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 46.
1985; Spilanthes pusila Hook. & Arn., J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 317.
1841.
Distribution: Exotic in Puerto Rico and southern United States; native
to South America.
References: 58, 151, 207, 252.
Acmella radicans (Jacq.) R.K. Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 69. 1985,
var. radicans; Spilanthes radicans Jacq., Collectanea 3: 229. 1791
[“1789”].
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba and Curaçao; native to Mexico and
Central America.
References: 2, 224.
Acmella radicans (Jacq.) R.K. Jansen var. debilis (Kunth) R.K. Jansen,
Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 72. 1985; Spilanthes debilis Kunth in
F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A. Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov.
Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 4: 165. 1818.
Spilanthes ocymifolia sensu Alain, non (Lam.) A.H. Moore, Proc. Amer.
Acad. Arts 42: 531. 1907.
Distribution: Native to Hispaniola, Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe,
Martinique), Trinidad, and South America.
References: 1, 7, 136, 207, 301.
Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2, 24: 331. 1822;
Spilanthes uliginosa Sw., Prodr. 110. 1788.
Distribution: Native to Hispaniola, Jamaica, Virgin Islands (St. Croix),
Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe,
Martinique, Montserrat, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St.
Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Central America, South America, and
Old World.
Common Names: Créosote pays, Herbe mal aux dents, Herbe mal
dents, Z’herbe amal aux dents, Z’herbe mal aux dents (Haiti),
Bouton d’or (Lesser Antilles).
References: 1, 7, 2, 5, 151, 301, 340.
Adenocritonia adamsii R.M. King & H. Rob., Phytologia 33: 281. 1976.
Distribution: Endemic to Jamaica.
References: 149, 152.
Adenophyllum porophyllum (Cav.) Hemsl. var. cancellatum (Cass.)
Strother, Sida 11: 377. 1986.
Adenophyllum porophyllum (Cav.) Hemsl. var. radiatum (DC.)
Strother, Sida 11: 377. 1986; Dyssodia porophyllum (Cav.) Cav.
var. radiata DC., Prodr. 5: 639. 1836.
Lebetina cubana Rydb., N. Amer. Fl. 34(2): 163. 1915.
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba; native to Mexico.
References: 151, 152, 156, 161, 254, 341.