Asteraceae

Volutaria Cass.

First published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 200 (1816)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Canary Is, W. & S. Medit. to Sahel and Tanzania, Arabian Peninsula to Iran.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Canary Is., Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, Iran, Kenya, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Yemen

Introduced into:

California, Chile North, France, Poland, Sicilia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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 Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 156 (1994)
  • in Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 200 (1816)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 3, 1980 Phillips, E.L. [s.n.] Somalia K000418581 Type Yes
Apr 3, 1980 Aylmer, G.P.V. [s.n.] Somalia K000418580 Type Yes
Burger, W. [3003] Ethiopia K000418582 Holotype Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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