Aristeguietia gayana — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aristeguietia

At a glance

Occurrence records2

Data sources5

Biological traits8

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Aristeguietia gayana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources8 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS4 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 records

01Narrative

Aristeguietia gayana, or asmachilca, is a bush that grows up to 1 meter in height. It grows in the west-facing mountainsides and interandean valleys between 3600–4000 meters in altitude. Asmachilca is only found in Peru. It was traditionally used by the Incas for respiratory system complaints. Today, it is used in cooking, but tea is the most common preparation.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition4 compounds

Compounds documented for Aristeguietia gayana across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Flavonols4

Documented compounds4 total

Compound	Amount	Source
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-((2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl)oxychromen-4-one	present	LOTUS
Astragalin	present	LOTUS
Kaempferol 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnoside-beta-D-glucosyl	present	LOTUS
Quercetin 3-rutinoside	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 records

Museum / vouchered2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO8 km²

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Saint Louis, US	2

1 institutions · 2 of 2 vouchered records shown