Asteraceae

Gamochaeta Wedd.

First published in Chlor. Andina 1: 151 (1856)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New World.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia

Introduced into:

Assam, Azores, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kermadec Is., Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Madeira, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tasmania, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Freire, S.E. & al. (2024). Taxonomic revision and morphometric analysis of Gamochaeta (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae). Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 109: 244-320. MBG press.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Iraq

  • Anderberg, A.A. (1991). Taxonomy and phylogeny of the tribe Gnaphaleae (Asteraceae). Opera Bot. 104: [1–]5–195. [p. 155].
  • Bayer et al. in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 265 [2006] (2007).
  • Drury, D.G. (1971). The American spicate cudweeds adventive to New Zealand: (Gnaphalium Section Gamochaeta–Compositae). New Zealand J. Bot. 9: 157–185.
  • Frances G. Davies (Revised by D. J. Nicholas Hind) (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing
  • Wedd. Chlor. And. 1: 151 (1856)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Anderb. in Opera Bot. 104: 155 (1991)
  • Chloris Andina 1: 151 (1856)
  • in K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 357 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Tetlow, S.; Naylor, C. [29] Peru K002328209 Yes
Gardner, M.F.; Knees, S.G. [3818] Chile K002328230 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J.; López Figueiras, M.; Willard, L. [26822] Colombia K002328204 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H 1705] Haiti K002328147 Yes
[Oxford Las Catas exped] [[63]] Ecuador K002328205 Yes
Pearce, R. [s.n.] Bolivia K002328211 Yes
Steinbach, J. [5742] Bolivia K002328217 Yes
Webster, P. [13] Peru K002328206 No
Fuertes, P.M. [1586] Dominican Republic K002328148 Yes
Wieringa, J.J. [1911] Indonesia K002328028 Yes
Christian, T.; Gardner, M.F.; Morales, V. [142] Chile K002328228 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H11768] Dominican Republic K002328149 Yes
Steinbach, J. [9791] Bolivia K002328216 Yes
Blair, I.J. [624] Peru K002328208 Yes
Solomon, J.C. [7215] Bolivia K002328210 Yes
Badcock [714] Bolivia K002328212 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [25071] Bolivia K002328215 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] K002328229 Yes
King, R.M.; Bishop, L.E. [7492] Bolivia K002328202 No
Steinbach, J. [8506] Bolivia K002328213 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H502] Haiti K002328146 Yes
Steinbach, J. [8325] Bolivia K002328214 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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