Asteraceae
Ainsliaea

Ainsliaea aptera DC.

First published in Prodr. 7: 14 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Afghanistan to S. Tibet and N. Myanmar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • Qaiser, M. & Rubina Abid (2011). Flora of Pakistan 218: 1-84. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Royle, J.F. [s.n.] India K000322963 Type Yes
Drummond, J.R. [23563] India K002035338 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [22635] India K002035337 Yes
Griffith [2197] Bhutan K002035378 Yes
Hara, H.; Kurosawa, S.; Tuyama, T. [s.n.] Nepal K002035350 Yes
Collett, H. [887] India K002035345 Yes
Ramsay, C.B. [s.n.] India K002035321 Yes
Collett, H. [888] India K002035346 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [15605] Pakistan K002035314 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002035317 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [7541] Bhutan K002035374 No
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002035329 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [2] Pakistan K002035360 Yes
Wallich [s.n.] India K002035359 Yes
Bourne [3631] India K002035336 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [27272] India K002035371 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002035327 Yes
s.coll. [10220B] India K002035355 Yes
Collett, H. [s.n.] India K002035325 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [26578] India K002035370 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002035316 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [2537] India K002035363 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [399] Afghanistan K002035065 Yes
Rich, H.H. [139] India K002035335 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] Pakistan K002035313 Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [s.n.] India K002035324 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [[21851]] Pakistan K002035312 Yes
Thomson, T. [S47] India K002035326 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [597A] India K002035331 Yes
Collett, H. [885] India K002035347 Yes
Ramesh, B. [1144] Bhutan K002035376 Yes
Madden [47] India K002035322 Yes
Legge, J. [1] India K002035367 Yes
[illegible] [511] Nepal K002035349 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002035362 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002035366 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [5541A] India K002035334 Yes
Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K002035328 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [1845] India K002035340 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K002035352 Yes
Harriss, S.A. [16266] K002035315 Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] Nepal K000768830 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002035344 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [20782] India K002035341 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K002035353 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [27074] India K002035369 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [6576 A] India K002035330 Yes
Grierson, A.J.C.; Long, D.G. [3262] Bhutan K002035372 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] Nepal K002035351 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] Nepal K002035373 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [4431A] India K002035332 Yes
Thomson, J. [1013] India K002035365 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [4204A] India K002035333 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [982] India K002035320 Yes
s.coll. [10262A] India K002035356 Yes
Thompson, L. [1013] India K002035361 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [23823] India K002035368 Yes
[Rawr] [s.n.] K002035377 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [10048] India K002035357 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [2] India K002035358 Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [198] India K002035323 Yes
Ram, S.; Drummond, J.R. [1846] India K002035339 Yes
Harsukh; Duthie, J.F. [14933] Afghanistan K002035064 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] Bhutan K002035348 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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