Asteraceae
Launaea

Launaea fragilis (Asso) Pau

First published in Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 16: 68 (1917)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Spain, Sicilia, Malta, N. Africa to Sahara and NW. India. It grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Gulf States, India, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tunisia, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1990 Madden [30] Egypt K001790574 No
Jan 1, 1990 Cosson, E. [s.n.] Morocco K002034770 No
Jan 1, 1990 Cosson, E. [s.n.] Morocco K001790568 No
Davis, P.H. [649013] K002034372 No
Davis, P.H. [5477] K002034379 No
Lindberg, H. [756] K002034370 No
Davis, P.H. [8368A] K001730309 No
Meikle, R.D. [2379] K002034367 No
Samuelsson, G. [3040] K002034381 No
Mavromoustakis, G.A. [s.n.] K002034368 No
Ball, J. [s.n.] K002034374 No
Davis, P.H. [8368A] K001730310 No
Palmer, N.K. [s.n.] K002034371 No
Ascherson, P. [s.n.] K002034375 No
Hepper, F.N. [3424FNH] K002034376 No
Mavromoustakis, G.A. [s.n.] K002034369 No
Syngrassides, A. [1038] K001730308 No
Davis, P.H. [6491B] K002034373 No
Hepper, F.N. [8507] K002034377 No
D'Angelis, J.D.; Grizi, A. [588] K002034378 No
s.coll. [1364] K002034380 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images