Asteraceae
Ambrosia

Ambrosia maritima L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 988 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Africa, Madagascar, Medit to Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Baleares, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon-Syria, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Türkey, Yemen

Introduced into:

Algeria, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Germany, Morocco, Mozambique, Tunisia, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2005-2022). The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. Welman, E. Reitief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. v. Wyk & A. Nicholas (1987). List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2: 1-152. [Cited as Ambrosia artemisiifolia.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 27, 48.
  • F.T.A. 3: 370
  • Sp. Pl. 988 (1763)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 215 (1994).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 268 (1963).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 987 (1753).
  • Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 110 (1991).
  • Oliv. & Hiern, Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 370 (1877).
  • Wild in Kirkia 6: 2 (1967).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Funch, L. [PCD3789] Brazil K000053305 Yes
Jul 1, 1996 Bautista, H.P.; Hind, D.J.N.; Smith, S.; Harley, R. [PCD3457] Brazil K000053306 Yes
Jul 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [PCD3382] Brazil K000053304 Yes
Jul 1, 1996 Bautista, H.P.; Hind, D.J.N.; Smith, S.; Harley, R. [PCD3457] Brazil K000053307 Yes
Dec 9, 1907 Chevalier, A.J.B. [1114] Mali K000391796 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002902388 Yes
Duncan, J. [I] Egypt K002902518 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia K002902374 Yes
Hochstetter [613] K002902557 Yes
Moiser, B. [244] Nigeria K002902621 Yes
Forsskal, P. [928] Egypt K002902537 No
Perrottet [437] Senegal K002902613 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Spain K002902387 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18070] Brazil K000053309 Yes
Bromfield [13] Ethiopia K002902643 Yes
Davis, P.H. [3831] West Bank K002902542 Yes
s.coll. [18674] Nigeria K002902631 Yes
Davis, P.H. [608313] Egypt K002902533 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [7552] Cameroon K002902632 Yes
Roger dedit [s.n.] Senegal K000410240 Unknown Type Material Yes
White, M.F. [s.n.] West Bank K002902541 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malta K002902382 Yes
Duncan, J. [I] Egypt K002902519 Yes
[Heppeamerton] [A3159] Ghana K002902617 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [544] South Africa K002902709 Yes
Davis, P.H. [14108] Türkiye K002902553 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K002902622 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [270] Ethiopia K002902640 Yes
Sisi, S. [s.n.] Egypt K002902530 Yes
Forsskal, P. [928] Egypt K002902536 No
{M. M. Abd El Ghani} [s.n.] Egypt K002902514 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5537] Burundi K002902633 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B.; Egziabher, T.B.G. [2459] Ethiopia K002902636 Yes
Ash, J.W. [461] Ethiopia K002902637 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Hanbury, D. [s.n.] Syria K002902546 Yes
Schweinfurth, C. [299] Egypt K002902526 Yes
s.coll. [371] Malta K002902384 Yes
Reverchon, E. [70] Greece K002902376 Yes
Vogel, E. [87] Central African Republic K002902625 Yes
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [2723] Albania K002902371 Yes
s.coll. [3464] Syria K002902549 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A27506] K002902628 Yes
Monier Abd El Ghani [4920] Egypt K002902524 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [3915] Egypt K002902529 Yes
Duncan, J. [I] Egypt K002902521 Yes
Vassiliades, G. [s.n.] Senegal K002902629 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia K002902373 Yes
Heldreich [s.n.] Greece K002902377 Yes
Hochstetter [s.n. ] K002902556 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [12791] Cameroon K002902635 Yes
Amal Amin; Mahdi; Sisi; Aziz, A. [s.n.] Egypt K002902527 No
Porta, P.; Rigo, G. [199] Italy K002902379 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2658] Botswana K001600858 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [2651] Saudi Arabia K002902545 Yes
Todaro [406] Italy K002902381 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002902386 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5372] Egypt K002902516 Yes
Lisowski, S. [s.n.] Guinea K002902615 Yes
Kralik, L.; [H. Cametanae] [[329]] K002902554 Yes
de Heldreich, T. [s.n.] K002902503 Yes
Kasapligil, B. [78] K002902509 Yes
Hagerup, O. [198] Mali K000391797 Yes
Bové, N. [363] K002902642 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [1920] Sudan K002902639 Yes
Harald Lindberg [s.n.] Cyprus K002902510 Yes
Duncan, J. [I] Egypt K002902522 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [880] Central African Republic K002902645 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1729] Egypt K002902534 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [24194] South Africa K002902706 Yes
Moiser, B. [205] Nigeria K002902620 Yes
[V. Borie] [363] K002902504 Yes
Zohary, D.; Amdursky, I. [s.n.] Israel K002902540 Yes
Speke; Grant [s.n.] K002902646 Yes
Duncan, J. [I] Egypt K002902520 Yes
King, R.M.; Bishop, L.E. [8686] Brazil K000053308 Yes
Alexander, R.C. [s.n.] Croatia K002902372 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malta K002902383 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5481] Egypt K002902513 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002902555 Yes
Vogel, E. [[87]] Nigeria K002902623 Yes
[Dromfieler] [13] Egypt K002902515 Yes
s.coll. [11121] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002902634 Yes
Gemtchújnicov, I., D. [15] Brazil K000053310 Yes
Codd, L.E. [10385] South Africa K002902707 Yes
[illegible] [191] Nigeria K002902618 Yes
Poore, M.E.D. [39] Cyprus K002902511 Yes
Broun, A.F. [s.n.] K002902641 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [s.n.] Egypt K002902517 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [325] Nigeria K002902626 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Spain K002902385 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Spain K002902389 Yes
Grove, J.H. [s.n.] Italy K002902380 Yes
Hubbard, F. [s.n.] Egypt K002902532 Yes
Aylmer, G. [338] K002902638 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [1838] Nigeria K002902627 Yes
Strey, R.G. [7060] South Africa K002902708 Yes
Bromfield [13] K002902644 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [K65] Egypt K002902512 Yes
Davis, P.H. [14497] Türkiye K002902552 Yes
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [8227] West Bank K002902544 Yes
Vassiliades, G. [s.n.] Senegal K002902614 Yes
Reverchon, E. [70] Greece K002902375 Yes
[illegible] [s.n. ] K002902559 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] Syria K002902547 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002902558 Yes
Sintenis, P.E.E.; Rigo, G. [1034] Syria K002902551 Yes
Keller, A. [96] Egypt K002902531 Yes
Porta, P.; Rigo, G. [s.n.] Italy K002902378 Yes
Ogua, P. [FHI 7808] Nigeria K002902630 Yes
Muschler, R.C. [s.n.] Egypt K002902523 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] Syria K002902548 Yes
Forsskal, P. [928] Egypt K002902538 No
Eig, A. [s.n.] West Bank K002902543 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1280] Nigeria K002902619 Yes
Sintenis, P.E.E.; Rigo, G. [s.n.] Syria K002902550 Yes
Forsskal, P. [928] Egypt K002902535 No

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