Asteraceae
Guizotia

Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.

First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 59: 248 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Eritrea, Ethiopia

Introduced into:

Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Czechia-Slovakia, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Florida, France, Germany, Great Britain, Illinois, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Michigan, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New South Wales, New York, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Queensland, Réunion, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Virginia

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.
  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • 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.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • 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.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Adams in J. W. Afr. Sci. Assoc. 3: 114 (1957).
  • F.T.A. 3: 384
  • in Dict. Sci. Nat. 59: 248 (1829)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • (2022). https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.73688. 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.
  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 216 (1994).
  • Cass. in Dict. Sci. Nat. 59: 237, 248 (1829).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg.) p. 1132 (1967).
  • D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Masc. 109: 202, t. 69 (1993).
  • J.Baagøe in Bot. Tidsskr. 69: 20, fig. 16 (1974).
  • Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 127 (1991).
  • Oliv. & Hiern, Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 384 (1877).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 26, 2010 Freidberg, A. [E2] Ethiopia K000662168 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [4388] Cameroon K000108695 Yes
[Dr Maris Calvine] [s.n.] Niger K003036904 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036913 No
Satabié, B. [35] K003036350 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] K003036905 No
Cadet, T. [4699] Reunion K003036921 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036903 No
[G. W. R] [s.n.] K003036909 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036916 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036912 No
Snowden, J.D. [2055JDS] Uganda K003036906 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036907 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036919 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036914 No
Gillis, W.T. [14933] K003036910 No
Morton, J.K. [GC] Ghana K003036334 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036917 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036918 No
Bredemann, G.; Nieser, O. [416] K003036897 No
Robyns [1594] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003036349 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036908 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036915 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003036898 No
Reed, C.F. [41371] K003036899 No
Jacobsz, M.L. [1509] South Africa K003036922 No
Smith, R.L. [351/1] K003036902 No
Melville, R. [s.n.] K003036901 No
Hunuricke, J.E. [s.n.] K003036900 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3206] Verbesina sativa K001129344 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guizotia oleifera K003036920 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3194] India Helianthus oleifer K001129343 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3191] India Bidens ramtilla K001118759 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3191] Bidens ramtilla K001118760 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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