Plant Details

Accepted name:: Macleania rupestris (Kunth) A.C.Sm. [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
joyapa	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Macleania alpicola (Klotzsch) Hoerold Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 269 (1909).
Macleania attenuata B.Fedtsch. & Basil. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 23 (1926).
Macleania costaricensis (Klotzsch) Hoerold Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 268 (1909).
Macleania ecuadorensis Hoerold Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 300 (1909).
Macleania elliptica Hoerold Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 301 (1909).
Macleania euryphylla S.F.Blake J. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 291 (1924).
Macleania glabra (Klotzsch) Hoerold Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 268 (1909).
Macleania irazuensis S.F.Blake Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 120 (1922).
Macleania nervosa A.C.Sm. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 380 (1932).
Macleania pilgeriana Hoerold Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 301 (1909).
Macleania punctata var. puberula Danguy & Cherm. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 28: 434 (1922).
Macleania racemosa Cufod. Arch. Bot. (Forlì) 9: 199 (1933).
Macleania recurva Rusby Descr. S. Amer. Pl.: 76 (1920).
Macleania reducta A.C.Sm. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 380 (1932).
Macleania sodiroi Hoerold Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 302 (1909).
Macleania trianae Hoerold Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 303 (1909).
Macleania turrialbana Donn.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 27: 339 (1899).
Psammisia alpicola Klotzsch Linnaea 24: 45 (1851).
Psammisia costaricensis Klotzsch Linnaea 24: 47 (1851).
Psammisia glabra Klotzsch Linnaea 24: 46 (1851).
Psammisia rupestris (Kunth) Klotzsch Linnaea 24: 45 (1851).
Thibaudia rupestris Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 270 (1819).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Macleania rupestris (Kunth) A.C.Sm.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Macleania rupestris (Kunth.) A.C. Sm.	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Macleania rupestris Smith	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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