Asteraceae
Crassocephalum

Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore

First published in J. Bot. 50: 211 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Fiji, Florida, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Norfolk Is., Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Turkey, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • 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].
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • 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.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in J. Bot. 50: 211 (1912).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • 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.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 219 (1994).
  • C. Jeffrey in Fl. Masc. 109: 159 (1993).
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 41: 908 (1986).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda p. 182 (1962).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 21 (1956).
  • Lisowski, Aster. Fl. Afr. Centr. 2: 354 (1991).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 652 (1985).
  • S.Moore in Journal of Botany 50: 211 (1912).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 21, 2017 Wang, Y.M. [194] China K001871023 No
Aug 21, 2017 Xiao, B.Z. [3628] China K001871022 No
Aug 21, 2017 Xiao, B.Z. [4241] China K001871024 No
May 10, 2009 Utteridge, T.M.A. [554] Papua New Guinea K000605260 No
Apr 1, 2009 Asik, M. [136906] Malaysia K000610479 Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13535] Cameroon K000008195 Yes
Feb 1, 2008 Gereau, R.E.; Laizer, G.S. [6732] Tanzania K000438237 No
Feb 1, 2008 Gereau, R.E.; Maizer, G.S. [6733] Tanzania K000438236 No
Jan 1, 2008 Ezrom, P., et al. [175] Tanzania K000612530 No
Jan 1, 2004 Onana, J.-M. [1844] Cameroon K000746673 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [8387] Cameroon K000198544 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Ghogue, J.-P. [1052] Cameroon K000746681 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [440] Cameroon K000746674 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Etuge, M. [4718] Cameroon K000746680 Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [8493] Cameroon K000746914 Yes
May 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4592] Cameroon K000746913 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [6897] Cameroon K000052391 Yes
Aug 1, 1948 Vogel [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K000306767 Syntype Yes
Aug 1, 1948 Vogel [139] Equatorial Guinea K000306766 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1948 Hutchinson, J.; Metcalfe, C.R. [133] Cameroon K000052393 Yes
Morgan, B.J. [18] Cameroon K001310632 Yes
Dunlap [150] Cameroon K000052394 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5070] Mozambique K000613450 No
Deighton, F.C. [5374] Sierra Leone K:SPC-12294.000 No
Kayombo, C.J.; Kindeketa, W.; Laizer, G.S. [4942] Tanzania K000612930 No
Greenway, P.J. [8444] Tanzania K:SPC-16259.000 No
Buxton, P.A.; Sudan, A.E. [s.n.] K:SPC-08650.000 No
K:SPC-04735.000 No
Ash [1461] Ethiopia K:SPC-35655.000 No
Patel, H. [7331] Mozambique K000613593 No
Wild, H. [37374] Zimbabwe K:SPC-08651.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [5375] Sierra Leone K:SPC-04736.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. [5829] Uganda K:SPC-10647.000 No
Laizer, G.S. [1428] Tanzania K000614907 No
Belcher, C Kenya K:SPC-04737.000 No
Grey, F. [s.n.] South Africa Senecio diversifolius K002597632 No
[illegible] [609] South Africa Senecio diversifolius K002597631 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa Senecio diversifolius K002597634 No
Bolus, H. [4293] South Africa Senecio diversifolius K002597635 No
s.coll. [3272] South Africa Senecio diversifolius K002597633 No

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