Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.

First published in Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 3: 618 (1923)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa, E. Himalaya to China (Guangdong) and New Guinea. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Cambodia, Central African Republic, China South-Central, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Guinea, Hainan, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Liberia, Malaya, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • 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].
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2008 Takeuchi, W. [12931] Papua New Guinea K000512329 Yes
Wallich, N. [3150] K000843775 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brass, L.J. [23746] Papua New Guinea K002602980 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [24169ß] Indonesia K002602821 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K002602843 Yes
Bunnemeyer [3704] Indonesia K002602837 Yes
s.coll. [1513] Philippines K000843804 Unknown Type Material Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [883] Philippines K000843812 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cuming, H. [926] Philippines K000843802 Type Yes
Loher, A. [6464] Philippines K002602931 Yes
Forman, L.L. [384B] Indonesia K002602847 Yes
[Aleen] [13364] Thailand K002602798 Yes
Vink, W. [BW 15343] Indonesia K002602971 Yes
Toxopeus, L.J. [s.n.] K002602833 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002602693 Yes
Sammlung [148] Philippines K002602933 Yes
How, F.C. [70415] China K002602557 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [15815] Indonesia K002602840 Yes
Barbom; Romero; Fernando [1587] Philippines K001574601 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [25456ß] Indonesia K002602824 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1005] Liberia K002603004 Yes
Dilmy, A. [1013] Indonesia K002602857 Yes
Cuming, H. [1638] Philippines K000843806 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [3151] K000843774 Unknown Type Material Yes
Deighton, F.C. [240] Sierra Leone K002603006 Yes
Kloss, C.B. [s.n.] India K002602687 Yes
Cuming, H. [1638] Philippines K000843809 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [13864] Philippines K000843810 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20794] Laos K002602802 Yes
s.coll. [3140] Philippines K000843807 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K002602820 Yes
[J. van Bossum Waalker] [1038] Indonesia K002602886 Yes
Eyma, P.J. [990] Indonesia K002602885 Yes
van Steenis, C.G.G.J. [9936] Indonesia K002602838 Yes
Brass, L.J. [30517] Papua New Guinea K002602984 Yes
Robinson, H.C.; Kloss, C.B. [s.n.] Japan K002602842 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K002602846 Yes
[N. Awandale] [1699] Thailand K002602794 Yes
Bünnemeyer [12528] Indonesia K002602849 Yes
Wood, J.J. [964] Indonesia K002602887 Yes
[ L. J. Toxapecus] [s.n.] Indonesia K002602880 Yes
Backer [17160] K002602853 Yes
Afriastini, J.J. [545] Indonesia K002602863 Yes
Streimann, H.; Kairo, A. [NGF45275] Papua New Guinea K002602983 Yes
Bunnemeyer [3704] Indonesia K002602836 Yes
Cuming, H. [926] Philippines K000843805 Holotype Yes
Lengo, P.; Suzana, S.; Markus, G.; Pius, G.; Tawadong, T.; Ubaldus, M.; Baraham, B. [PL462] Malaysia K002602876 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002602691 Yes
Motley, J. [590] Indonesia K002602872 No
Chai, P.P.K. [S37364] K002602828 Yes
Robinson, H.C. [s.n.] Malaysia K002602688 Yes
Brass, L.J. [3682] Papua New Guinea K002602982 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [11597] Philippines K002602928 Yes
Tang, T.; Fung [218] China K002602554 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [28530ß] Indonesia K002602825 Yes
Rabil [277] Thailand K002602797 Yes
Kairo, A.; Streimann, H. [NGF30910] Papua New Guinea K002602965 Yes
Womersley, J. [NGF46441] Papua New Guinea K002602975 Yes
Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K002602822 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [26504ß] Indonesia K002602826 Yes
Kerr, A. [15741] Thailand K002602804 Yes
Balansa, B. [3067] K002602808 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000843767 Unknown Type Material Yes
Matthew, C.G. [s.n.] Indonesia K002602844 Yes
Burkill, H.M. [HMB2588] Malaysia K002602686 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC9456] Ghana K002602993 Yes
Kostermans [18272] Indonesia K002602862 Yes
Beaman, J.H.; Beaman, R.S.; Beaman, T.E.; Decker, P.; Gunsalam, A. [9499] Malaysia K002602868 Yes
Motley, J. [229] Indonesia K002602873 Yes
Ahern's collector [2433] Philippines K000843813 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1191o] Thailand K002602809 Yes
Richards, P.W. [1763] Malaysia K002602830 Yes
Cruttwell, N.E.G. [1234] Papua New Guinea K002602991 Yes
Chew, W.L.; Corner, E.J.H.; Stainton, A. [1398] K002602878 Yes
van Steenis, C.G.G.J. [7936] K002602817 Yes
Winkler, H. [2976] Malaysia K002602865 Yes
Lobb, T. [239] Indonesia K000843766 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spare, G.H. [37601] Singapore K002602737 Yes
s.coll. [4462] K002602835 Yes
Beaman, J.H.; Beaman, R.S.; Beaman, T.E. [9265] Malaysia K002602869 Yes
Adams, C.D. [1914] Ghana K002602996 Yes
Leach, G. [56176] Papua New Guinea K002602976 Yes
Lei, C.I. [382] China K002602553 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K002602735 Yes
Asik, M. [127871] Malaysia K002602829 Yes
Wang, C. [36661] China K002602555 Yes
Noerkas [177] Indonesia K002602848 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] K002602734 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [15713] Thailand K002602807 Yes
s.coll. [20794] Laos K002602801 Yes
Poilane [1083] K002602795 Yes
McDonald; Ismail [4858] Indonesia K002602854 Yes
Forman, L.L. [384 B] K002602883 Yes
McGregor, R.C. [22825] Philippines K002602926 Yes
Fénix, E. [12912] Philippines K002602927 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [5936] Philippines K000843811 Type Yes
Richards, P.W. [1763] Malaysia K002602874 Yes
Fortune, R. [52] China K000843773 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [6368] Liberia K002603000 Yes
s.coll. [22395] Cote d'Ivoire K002602998 Yes
Loher, A. [6472] Philippines K002602929 Yes
Duaneh, J. [481] Malaysia K002602870 Yes
s.coll. [3100] Philippines K002602936 No
Ridley, H.N. [12280] Malaysia K002602866 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [11236] K002603002 Yes
Vink, W. [15310] Indonesia K002602972 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC6071] Ghana K002603008 Yes
Miller, A.N. [NGF40749] Papua New Guinea K002602969 Yes
s.coll. [18047] K002602860 Yes
Duaneh, J. [259] Malaysia K002602871 Yes
Carr, C.E. [15583] Papua New Guinea K002602981 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14859] Thailand K002602805 Yes
van Balgooy, M.M. [4520] Papua New Guinea K002602986 Yes
Adams, C.D. [1914] Ghana K002602997 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [10117] Liberia K002603001 Yes
Johansson, J.T.; Nybom, H.; Riebe, S. [525] Indonesia K002602832 Yes
s.coll. [19329] Papua New Guinea K002602985 Yes
Hartley, T.G. [13212] Papua New Guinea K002602973 Yes
Amin; et al. [SAN 60832] Malaysia K002602877 Yes
McDonald; Ismail [4101] Indonesia K002602834 Yes
Darbyshire, P.J. [952] Papua New Guinea K002602970 Yes
Soibeh, D. [223] Malaysia K002602867 Yes
Hose, C. [791] Indonesia K002602884 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002602690 Yes
Wood, J.J. [964] Indonesia K002602888 Yes
[E. S. C] [s.n.] India K002602689 Yes
Williams, L. [17258] Thailand K002602810 Yes
Kalkman, C. [4953] Papua New Guinea K002602964 Yes
Womersley, J.S.; Sleumer [14015] Papua New Guinea K002602968 Yes
Pleyte, D.R. [171] Indonesia K002602827 Yes
Loher, A. [3696] Philippines K000843803 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cruttwell, N.G. [1234] Papua New Guinea K002602974 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [11429] Thailand K002602806 Yes
Ramos, M. [27550] Philippines K002602941 Yes
Sands, M.J.S.; Davis, A.P.; Thomas, S.; Mahyar, U.; Maturbongs, R.; Jitmau; Markus; Sagisolo; and Waly, M.; Elisa [6737] Indonesia K002602988 Yes
Lobb, T. [239] Indonesia K000843765 Unknown Type Material Yes
Beccari, O. [104] Indonesia K002602845 Yes
[Rachman] [76] Indonesia K002602881 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC6071] Ghana K002603007 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7367] Thailand K002602799 Yes
Barker, A.J.D. [1438] Liberia K002602999 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [11947] Malaysia K002602733 Yes
Carr, C.E. [12680] Papua New Guinea K002602967 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [16766] Thailand K002602796 Yes
Afriastini, J.J. [545] Indonesia K002602859 Yes
Edaño, G.E. [17845] Philippines K002602932 Yes
Comp [52] Indonesia K002602823 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines K002602937 Yes
Millar, A.N. [18771] Papua New Guinea K002602977 Yes
Ramos, M. [10946] Philippines K002602938 Yes
Dinklage [3035] Liberia K002603003 Yes
Mujin, M.A. [SAN 26770] Malaysia K002602875 Yes
Dom. Phillips [s.n.] India K002602692 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [18153] Thailand K002602803 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [237] China K002602556 Yes
Ramos, M. [15223] Philippines K002602935 Yes
Morton, J.K. [6071] Ghana K002602994 Yes
Frake, C.O. [38064] Philippines K002602930 Yes
Kostermans, A.J.G.H.; Wirawan, N. [271] Indonesia K002602861 Yes
Carr, C.E. [12003] Papua New Guinea K002602979 Yes
[Bakh. Md. Brink] [7984] Indonesia K002602818 Yes
Kostermans; Kuswata; Soegeng; Soepadmo [KK-SS166] Indonesia K002602855 Yes
s.coll. [432] K002602856 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20794] Laos K002602800 Yes
Morton, J.K. [6071] Ghana K002602992 Yes
s.coll. [432] K002602819 Yes
Dransfield [4750] Indonesia K002602839 Yes
Johnson, W.H. [823] Ghana K002602995 Yes
Eyma, P.J. [3838] Indonesia K002602850 Yes
Robinson, H.C.; Kloss, C.B. [s.n.] Indonesia K002602841 Yes
Pullen, R. [7962] Papua New Guinea K002602966 Yes
Horsfield, T. [719] K002602793 Yes
s.coll. [21508] Indonesia K002602864 Yes
J. Wiakabu & A. M. C [LAE73636] Papua New Guinea K002602978 Yes
s.coll. [3116] Philippines K000843808 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hervey, D.F.A. [s.n.] Malaysia K002602852 Yes
Croft, J.; et al. [LAE60841] Papua New Guinea K002602987 Yes
[W. Meuer] [9750] Malaysia K002602882 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [11116] Malaysia K002602732 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [541] Indonesia K002602879 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [274] Indonesia K002602831 Yes
Morton, J.K. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K002603005 Yes
s.coll. [3234] India K002602685 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [7014] Philippines K000843814 Unknown Type Material Yes
Williams, R.S. [1429] Philippines K002602934 Yes
s.coll. [15342] Philippines K002602939 Yes
s.coll. [950] Philippines K002602940 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3162] Cacalia finlaysoniana K001118664 Unknown Type Material Yes
Copeland, E.B. [1258] Philippines Gynura sarmentosa K002602963 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [1410] Nigeria Gynura sarmentosa K002603010 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [22414] Nigeria Gynura sarmentosa K002603009 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [7949] Cote d'Ivoire Gynura sarmentosa K002603028 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3151] Malaysia Cacalia reclinata K001118651 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3150] Cacalia cylindriflora K001118650 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3150] Cacalia cylindriflora K001118649 Unknown Type Material Yes

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