Asteraceae
Blumea

Blumea bovei (DC.) Vatke

First published in Linnaea 39: 485 (1875)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sahara to Israel and Arabian Peninsula, S. Iran to India (Gujarat). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Yemen

Introduced into:

Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 14 (1956).
  • Randeria in Blumea 10: 285 (1960).
  • Vatke in Linnaea 39: 485 (1875).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bradley, P.N. [52] Niger Blumea abyssinica K003175291 Yes
Collenette, J.S. [2067] Saudi Arabia Doellia bovei K002644346 Yes
J. R. [Worside] Wood [S/72/60] Somalia Doellia bovei K002644371 Yes
[L. M. Hassan] [3234] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644331 Yes
Naftolsky, N. [s.n.] West Bank Doellia bovei K002644343 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [2395] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644336 Yes
[W. A. Dick Peddies] [59] Afghanistan Doellia bovei K002644320 Yes
Collenette, J.S. [6062] Saudi Arabia Doellia bovei K002644345 Yes
Bove, N. [118] Egypt Doellia bovei K000415392 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chipp, T.F. [23] Doellia bovei K002644356 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [23] Doellia bovei K002644357 Yes
[D. Stocks] [s.n.] Doellia bovei K002644358 Yes
Collenette, J.S. [9465] Saudi Arabia Doellia bovei K002644344 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [545] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644337 Yes
Chaudhary, S.A. [s.n.] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644326 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Long, D.G. [3448] Yemen Doellia bovei K002644349 Yes
Elmi, A.; Pickering, H. [21] Somalia Doellia bovei K002644367 Yes
[K. V. Shenoy] [K.V.S. 1275] India Doellia bovei K002644361 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [[48814]] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644332 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. (Dr) [44] Doellia bovei K002644317 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [[60484]] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644338 Yes
Collenette, J.S. [6047] Saudi Arabia Doellia bovei K002644347 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5480] Oman Doellia bovei K002644340 Yes
Ehrenberg, C.G. [s.n.] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644324 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [79] Doellia bovei K002644353 Yes
McDonald, W.H. [s.n.] Norfolk Island Doellia bovei K002644325 Yes
Bent, J.T. [s.n.] Sudan Doellia bovei K002644362 Yes
[C. N.] Collenette [31] Somalia Doellia bovei K002644366 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7295] Somalia Doellia bovei K002644373 Yes
Lort Phillips, E.; Bent, J.T. [s.n.] Somalia Doellia bovei K002644368 Yes
Thulin, M.; Medhanie, G.; Gifri, A.N. [9256] Yemen Doellia bovei K002644352 Yes
Collenette, J.S. [926] Saudi Arabia Doellia bovei K002644348 Yes
Miller, A.G. [6203] Oman Doellia bovei K002644339 Yes
Hart, H.C. [s.n.] Egypt Doellia bovei K000415393 Type Yes
Simpson, N.D. [40544] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644334 Yes
Max Well Darling, R.C. [207] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644323 Yes
Ascherson, P. [223] Doellia bovei K002644319 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [115] Somalia Doellia bovei K002644369 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B10888] Somalia Doellia bovei K002644370 Yes
Schimper [1006] Ethiopia Doellia bovei K000415395 Type Yes
Schimper [1006] Ethiopia Doellia bovei K000415394 Type Yes
Schimper, W.P. [111] Ethiopia Doellia bovei K002644375 Yes
Miller, A.G. [67] Yemen Doellia bovei K002644351 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1097] Ethiopia Doellia bovei K002644374 Yes
Parlatore, F. [s.n.] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644330 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4647] Somalia Doellia bovei K002644364 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644333 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [44] Doellia bovei K002644318 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13160] Kenya Doellia bovei K002644395 Yes
Abdallah, M.; Sa'ad, F.; Abbas, A.; Mahdy, M. [1436] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644322 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [626] Doellia bovei K002644359 Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] Afghanistan Doellia bovei K002644321 Yes
Abd El Ghani, M.M. [2751] Egypt Doellia bovei K002644335 Yes
Dalzell, N.A. [628] India Doellia bovei K000974737 Unknown Type Material Yes
Miller, A.G.; Long, D.G. [3523] Yemen Doellia bovei K002644350 Yes
Santapau, H. [16487] India Doellia bovei K002644360 Yes
Meinertzhagen [77] Doellia bovei K002644355 Yes
Hansen, O.J.; Heemstra, H. [6307] Somalia Doellia bovei K002644365 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [70] Doellia bovei K002644354 Yes
Ethiopia Doellia bovei K000415396 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [12552] Kenya Doellia bovei K002644396 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [11819] Somalia Doellia bovei K002644372 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [3954] Sudan Doellia bovei K002644363 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] West Bank Doellia bovei K002644342 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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.
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  • 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

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