Asteraceae
Cosmos

Cosmos sulphureus Cav.

First published in Icon. 1: 56 (1791)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Introduced into:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Colombia, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guinea, Haiti, Illinois, India, Iraq, Italy, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Marianas, Maryland, Mauritius, Michigan, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New York, Nicobar Is., Niue, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Society Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South European Russia, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • 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.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of Iraq

  • Cav., Icon. [Cavanilles] 1: 56 (1791)
  • Hussain & Kassim, Cult. Pl. Iraq 113 (1975).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • (2021). https://moip-bio.msu.ru/wp-content/uploads/akatova-bulletin-of-moscow-society-of-naturalists-126-3-2021.41-45.pdf. epublication.
  • (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.15.105794. epublication.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Berry, M. (2024). Adventives & Aliens News 32. BSBI News 156: 38-48.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • 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.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Shevtsov, V. (2022). Personal Communication on South European Russia. 1.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cav., Ic. 1: 56 (1791).
  • D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Masc. 109: 199, t. 68 (1993).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1 (1956).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1993 Lobo, C.M.B. [21] Brazil K000053619 Yes
Palmer, E. [191] Mexico K002496466 Yes
s.coll. [619] K002496465 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [11728] Malawi K002496428 Yes
s.coll. [2942] Mexico K002496477 Yes
Pruski, J.; Ortiz, R. [4052] Dominican Republic K002496665 Yes
Sallé [[419]] Mexico K002496786 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002496782 Yes
s.coll. [585] Mexico K002496475 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [6642] Sierra Leone K002496351 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [7409] Zambia K002496416 Yes
Moak, J.L. [138] Zambia K002496417 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Tadesse, M. [6580] Kenya K002496357 Yes
Maikin, L. [SAN 117180] Malaysia K002496317 Yes
s.coll. [101] K002496779 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K002496697 Yes
s.coll. [1452] India K002496276 Yes
Hartt, C.E.; Neal, M.C. [s.n.] United States K002496346 Yes
Sintenis, P. [5773] K002496772 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [16244] Bolivia K002496693 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [2061] Mexico K002496480 Yes
Roger, H. [s.n.] Nigeria K002496350 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [9529] Mexico K002496462 Yes
Christensen, H. [1799] Malaysia K002496318 Yes
Gerstner, J. [6990] Zimbabwe K002496419 Yes
Whiting, M.M. [s.n.] China K002496266 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [1427] Zimbabwe K002496427 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4548] Brazil K001107900 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [9791] Malawi K002496430 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9690] Tanzania K002496361 Yes
Chase, N.C. [33866] Zimbabwe K002496423 Yes
Raju, S.R.; Ratnavelu, M. [18664] India K002496277 Yes
Keenan, J.; Aung, U.T.; Tha Hla, U. [3374] Burma K002496279 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [1986] Mexico K002496478 Yes
Chung, H.H. [1411] China K002496267 Yes
[S. Martes] [618] K002496456 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9690] Tanzania K002496362 Yes
s.coll. [M428] Guyana K002496775 Yes
Chase, N.C. [7682] Zimbabwe K002496422 Yes
H. [12461] Mexico K002496472 Yes
Hunt, D.R. [9741] Mexico K002496471 Yes
Omar, S.; [Sahira] [581] Iraq K002496262 Yes
H. [9606] Mexico K002496454 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Goodspeed, T.H. [24893] Bolivia K002496694 Yes
Ruffo; Kisena [3237] Tanzania K002496359 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002496273 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [1631] K002496785 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9690] Tanzania K002496363 Yes
H. [9529] Mexico K002496460 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [8897] Zambia K002496418 Yes
Amin; Sigin [SAN 109792] Malaysia K002496316 Yes
H. [6639] Mexico K002496453 Yes
s.coll. [73] K002496774 Yes
[illegible] [2069] Thailand K002496296 Yes
Taylor, N.P.; Knees, S.G. [441] Mexico K002496476 Yes
Ramos, M. [s.n.] Philippines K002496333 Yes
Hancock, W. [15] Mexico K002496468 Yes
Hancock, W. [15] Mexico K002496467 Yes
Pope, G. [1664a] Zimbabwe K002496425 Yes
Bro. G. Arsène [6050] Mexico K002496473 Yes
Alston, A.H.G. [1989] K002496770 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [1986] Mexico K002496479 Yes
Hossain, A.B.M.E. [153] Pakistan K002496778 Yes
Seeman [439] Colombia K002496696 Yes
Kisena [257] Tanzania K002496360 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [2509] Zimbabwe K002496420 Yes
s.coll. [[1605]] K002496771 Yes
Seemenn [1487] Mexico K002496458 Yes
Ahmed, H. [9870] Iraq K002496261 Yes
s.coll. [[953]] K002496777 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana K002496776 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [13664] India K002496274 Yes
H. [11497] Mexico K002496461 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [FCD1874] K002496781 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [11042] Hong Kong K002496265 Yes
Elliot, C. [2] Chile K002496741 Yes
Rabson, P. [152] Zambia K002496415 Yes
[illegible] [6803] Indonesia K002496783 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana K002496773 Yes
Alizzi, H. [34813] Iraq K002496260 Yes
Haines, H.H. [5885] India K002496769 Yes
Arnoldo-Broeders, M. [3295] K002496664 Yes
Pope, G. [9] Zimbabwe K002496421 Yes
Jurgensen, C. [512] Mexico K002496463 Yes
Hopkins, J.C. [8061] Zimbabwe K002496424 Yes
Mexia, Y. [8896] Mexico K002496455 Yes
Pawek, J. [9170] Malawi K002496429 Yes
Hooker, W.J. [s.n.] K002496457 Yes
Reveal, J.; Harley, R.M. [4093] Mexico K002496469 Yes
Pope, G. [1664a] Zimbabwe K002496426 Yes
Bernoulli, G. [225] Guatemala K002496486 Yes
Fawzi [39523] Iraq K002496259 Yes
Scott, A. [20] India K002496275 Yes
Palmer, E. [1222] Mexico K002496464 Yes
Tollervey, F.E. [1782] Bolivia K002496695 Yes
Roger, H. [s.n.] Nigeria K002496349 Yes
Jones, K. [61881] K002496784 Yes
Keenan, J.; Aung, U.T.; Rule, R.H. [579] Burma K002496278 Yes
Andrieux, G. [308] Mexico Cosmos sulphureus var. exaristatus K002496483 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [1206] Mexico Cosmos sulphureus var. exaristatus K002496482 Yes
Andrieux, G. [308] Mexico Cosmos sulphureus var. exaristatus K002496484 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico Cosmos sulphureus var. exaristatus K002496485 Yes
Verdcourt; Wiakabu; Kerenga [5042] Papua New Guinea Bidens sulphurea K002497974 No

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0