Check List 9(3): 642-644, doi: 10.15560/9.3.642
First report of naturalization of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. 1783 (Piperales: Saururaceae) in South America
expand article infoRuy José Válka Alves‡, Débora Medeiros‡, Ricardo Loyola de Moura‡, Luiza Carla Trindade de Gusmão‡, Nílber Gonçalves da Silva‡, Kelly Antunes‡, Carolina Matozinhos‡, Mario A. Blanco§
‡ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil§ Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Corresponding author: Ruy José Alves ( ruy_jose_alves@fake_email.org )

© 2017 Ruy José Alves, Débora Medeiros, Ricardo Moura, Luiza Carla Gusmão, Nílber Silva, Kelly Antunes, Carolina Matozinhos, Mario Blanco.
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Citation: Alves R, Silva N, Matozinhos C, Medeiros D, Moura R, Antunes K, Gusmão L, Blanco M (2013) First report of naturalization of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. 1783 (Piperales: Saururaceae) in South America. Check List 9(3): 642-644. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.3.642
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Abstract
A relatively large and established population of Houttuynia cordata from Itatiaia National Park in Brazil represents the first record of naturalized Saururaceae in South America. Although the species is potentially invasive, unknown mechanisms have prevented its spread to other localities between 1940, when it was recorded in cultivation in Brazil, and the present. The nearest known naturalized population is situated 5,600 km away, in Costa Rica, Central America.
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