Asteraceae
Ambrosia

Ambrosia hispida Pursh

First published in Fl. Amer. Sept., Suppl.: 743
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Florida to Caribbean, S. Mexico to Honduras, Guyana. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 743 (1814).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Ekman, E.L. [H12669] Dominican Republic K002903154 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002902940 Yes
Boldingh, I. [1949 B] K002903135 Yes
Wilson, P. [7358] Bahamas, The K002903151 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [134] K002903142 Yes
Nicholls, H.A. [11] Dominica K002903136 Yes
s.coll. [79] Bahamas, The K002903141 Yes
Wilson, P. [8095] Bahamas, The K002903146 Yes
Eggers [3867] Bahamas, The K002903144 Yes
Wilson, P. [7561] Bahamas, The K002903150 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H10330] Haiti K002903153 Yes
John, I.; Northrop, A.B. [62] Bahamas, The K002903149 Yes
Hjalmarson [s.n.] Turks and Caicos Islands K002903140 Yes
Harvey, W.H. [s.n.] United States K002902941 Yes
Waby, J.F. [71] Barbados K002903139 Yes
Sintenis, P. [1823] K002903143 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [5610] United States K002902944 Yes
Matthews, C. [68] Bahamas, The K002903152 Yes
Barclay [s.n.] Mexico K000502092 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, P. [3011] Bahamas, The K002903148 Yes
Moldenke, H. [618] United States K002902942 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [1403] United States K002902943 Yes
Wilson, P. [7939] Bahamas, The K002903147 Yes
Wright, C. [2845] K002903138 Yes
Fawcitt, W. (Mr) [s.n.] Cayman Islands K002903137 Yes
Burchell, J. [1041] Brazil Ambrosia maritima K000955667 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • 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.
    • 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