Asteraceae
Dicoma

Dicoma tomentosa Cass.

First published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 47 (1818)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Qaiser, M. & Rubina Abid (2011). Flora of Pakistan 218: 1-84. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 200
  • Chev. Bot. 377
  • De Miré & Gillet in J. Agric. Trop. 3: 706.
  • F.T.A. 3: 443
  • Wilson in Kew Bull. 1923: 377
  • in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 47

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by S. Ortiz & J. Rodríguez-Oubiña [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 228 (1994).
  • Burkill, Useful Pl. W. Trop. Afr. ed. 2, 1: 465 (1985).
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 21: 208 (1967).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 287 (1963).
  • Cass., Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 47 (1818).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 23 (1956).
  • G.V. Pope in Flora Zambesiaca 6: 43 (1992).
  • Oliv. & Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 443 (1877).
  • S. Moore in J. B. 65, suppl. 2: 65 (1927).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 7, 2008 Crawford, F. [189] Namibia K000450310 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1185] Burkina Faso K000391833 No
Jan 1, 1972 Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1382] Burkina Faso K000391834 No
Jan 1, 1970 Gossweiler, J. [64] Angola K001307182 No
Jan 1, 1920 s.coll. [1497] India K000768796 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, R.L. [20] Tanzania K001558233 Yes
Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K. [95/120] Tanzania K001558250 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [661] Tanzania K001558234 Yes
Smith, P.A. [842] Botswana K001558747 No
Bohlmann, F. [88/108] Namibia K001558831 Yes
Peters, W. [65] Mozambique K001558719 No
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [3781] South Africa K001558874 Yes
Menezes, A.; Barroso; Sousa [3339] Angola K001558785 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 3118] Kenya K001558225 Yes
Mahinda, S. Game Scout [HSM/249] Tanzania K001558245 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Polhill, R.M. [10,201] Kenya K001558227 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2877] Angola K001558837 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [627] Tanzania K001558228 Yes
Smith, P.A. [4440] Botswana K001558746 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [2816] Angola K001558786 No
Hepper, F.N. [3748] Mali K000391832 No
Hardy, S.; Bally, P.R.O. [ B10816] Uganda K001558208 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [4464] South Africa K001558875 Yes
Polhill [339] Kenya K001558212 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [85] Botswana K001558742 No
Plowes, D.C.H. [1838] Zimbabwe K001558731 No
Hanekom, W.J. [2237] South Africa K001558843 Yes
Napper, D.M.; Kanuri [2089] Kenya K001558219 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1641] Botswana K001612913 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1571] Botswana K001609372 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13839] Ethiopia K001558214 Yes
Peter, G.A. [53921] Tanzania K001558251 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [1293] Uganda K001558207 Yes
s.coll. [11844] South Africa K001558870 Yes
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [3860] South Africa K001558872 Yes
Schimper [724] Ethiopia K000252229 Unknown Type Material Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [1921] Namibia K001558868 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7419] Tanzania K001558236 Yes
Schmiz [2009] South Africa K001558840 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Seagrief, S.C. [5189] Botswana K001558748 No
Richards, M. [23069] Tanzania K001558243 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [8981] Kenya K001558217 Yes
Tanner, R. [4093] Tanzania K001558232 Yes
Wild, H. [5434] Zimbabwe K001558724 No
M.M.C.; M.M.; A.F.B.; A.D.B. [260] Botswana K001558732 No
Leistner, O.A. [191] South Africa K001558876 Yes
Giess, W.; Volk, O.H.; Bleissner, B. [6344] Namibia K001558834 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Osborne, P.L. [15518] Malawi K001558720 No
Naomi Michison (Lady) [A28] Botswana K001558735 No
Oliver; Muller; Steenkamp [6716] Namibia K001558838 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B 5138] Kenya K001558224 Yes
Davies, R.M. [1206] Zimbabwe K001558726 No
s.n. [s.n.] India K001558012 No
s.n. [28] Yemen K001770048 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [438] Yemen K001558164 Yes
s.n. [319] India K001770049 Yes
s.n. [3622] Angola K001558787 No
s.n. [3623] Angola K001770083 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [6591] Tanzania K001558249 Yes
Bohlmann, F. [88/35] Namibia K001558829 Yes
Bohlmann, F. [88/97] Namibia K001558830 Yes
Richards, M. [24268] Tanzania K001558242 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O. [5289] Namibia K001558878 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [18438] South Africa K001558871 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [221] Mali K000391831 No
Goldsmith [101/55] Zimbabwe K001558729 No
Wild, H. [5324] Zimbabwe K001558725 No
Burtt, B.D. [2398] Tanzania K001558237 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [20227] South Africa K001558867 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2544] Angola K001558789 No
Hutchinson, J. [2677] South Africa K001558873 Yes
Rattray, John [s.n.] Angola K001307183 No
Menyhart [518] K001558717 No
Peter, G.A. [41167] Tanzania K001558248 Yes
Pope, G. [368] Botswana K001558740 No
Wallich, N. [1497] K000768795 Unknown Type Material Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [256] Botswana K001558751 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [2668.] Angola K001558791 No
Smith, P.A. [5708] Botswana K001558738 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Burkina Faso K000391835 No
McClintock, A. [K67] Botswana K001558737 No
Thomas, A.S. [3417] Uganda K001558205 Yes
McClintock, A. [K64] Botswana K001558736 No
Mogg, A.O.D. [24579] South Africa K001558879 Yes
Thorncroft, G. [3126] South Africa K001558866 Yes
Pfund [271] Egypt K000252228 Unknown Type Material Yes
Reyneke, J.L. [204] Botswana K001558733 No
Kotschy [100] K000252227 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pfund [366] Ethiopia K000252230 Unknown Type Material Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [187] Botswana K001558752 No
Mathew, B.F. [6678] Kenya K001558213 Yes
Davey, J.T. [88] Mali K000391830 No
Van Someren, G.R.C. [946] Kenya K001558222 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F11,430] Zambia K001558722 No
Burtt, B.D. [2398] Tanzania K001558231 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F5716] Zambia K001558721 No
Lugard, E.J. [216] Botswana K001558739 No
Smith, P.P.; Kemoreile, K.; Mafokate, D.; Mathibidi, K.; Mosimanyana, E.; Dickson, S. [81] Botswana K001558744 No
Lambrecht, F.L. [200] Botswana K001558749 No
Broun, R.C. [s.n.] Botswana K001558743 No
Tanner, R. [1302] Tanzania K001558229 Yes
Seydel, R. [3497] Namibia K001558836 Yes
Schlieben; Hartmann [12069] South Africa K001558869 Yes
Peter, G.A. [53918] Tanzania K001558252 Yes
Verdcourt [3277] Kenya K001558223 Yes
Tweedie [3491] Kenya K001558215 Yes
de Winter, B.; Giess, J.W. [6798] Namibia K001558841 Yes
Rodin, R.J.; Hoover, R.F. [9318] Namibia K001558832 Yes
Smith, P.P.; Kemoreile, K.; Mefokate, D.; Mathibidi, K.; Mosimanyana, E.; Dickson, S. [35] Botswana K001558745 No
Luke, Q. [3519] Kenya K001558221 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [11,205] Tanzania K001558240 Yes
Peter, G.A. [43464] Tanzania K001558247 Yes
Barker, N.P.; Bester, S.P.; Janks, M.R. [368] Angola K001333835 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [2877] Angola K001558788 No
Camerik, A.M. [93] Botswana K001558734 No
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [146] Uganda K001558206 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Botswana K001558741 No
Bax, R.D. (Miss) [212] Tanzania K001558235 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K001558716 No
Kerfoot, O. [3813] Uganda K001558209 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [[20990]] South Africa K001558842 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [166] Angola K001307184 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B 9864] Kenya K001558226 Yes
Dyson; Hudson [466] Uganda K001558210 No
Tanner, R. [4278] Tanzania K001558238 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2398] Tanzania K001558230 Yes
Richards, H.M. [14551] Botswana K001558750 No
s.coll. [2980] K000768797 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kassner, T. [758] Kenya K001558220 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2225] Angola K001558790 No
Hardy, D.S. [2120] Namibia K001558835 Yes
Pienaar, J.N. [1077] South Africa K001558865 Yes
Betty, M. [272] Tanzania K001558241 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [16759] South Africa K001558877 Yes
Peter, G.A. [43403] Tanzania K001558246 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [13] Kenya K001558211 Yes
Davies, R.M. [1372] Zimbabwe K001558728 No
Giess; Volk; Bleissner [6344] Namibia K001558833 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F9665] Zambia K001558723 No
Matheuge, S.G. [80] Kenya K001558244 Yes
Worrsrann, S. [119] Zimbabwe K001558727 No
Chase, N.C. [2792] Mozambique K001558718 No
Myres, R.J. [547] Zimbabwe K001558730 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2980] Burma Xeropappus lanuginosus K001118330 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2980] Burma Xeropappus lanuginosus K001118329 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2980] Xeropappus lanuginosus K001118332 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2980] India Xeropappus lanuginosus K001118331 Unknown Type Material Yes

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