Asteraceae

Sclerocarpus Jacq.

First published in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 783 (1784)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Africa, Arabian Peninsula Indian Subcontinent, Texas to Venezuela.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Texas, Togo, Venezuela, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Tibet

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 373.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 783 (1784)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Demange [32] Mali K000391758 Yes
Kotschy [1] Ethiopia K000410226 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [1] Ethiopia K000410225 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sudan K000410222 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pfund [151] Sudan K000410224 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [120] Sudan K000410223 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, T. [135] United States K001065951 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Dathoasie] [s.n.] Sudan K000410227 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0