Asteraceae
Sonchus
Sonchus asper

Sonchus asper subsp. glaucescens (Jord.) Ball

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 548 (1878)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Europe to Medit. and Himalaya, Sri Lanka, New Guinea. It is a biennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, New Guinea, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, West Himalaya, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Cape Provinces, Free State

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Sonchus glaucescens.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0