Asteraceae
Helichrysum

Helichrysum foetidum (L.) Moench

First published in Methodus: 575 (1794)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula. It is a biennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

France, Hawaii, Madeira, Portugal, Réunion, Spain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 3: 352, partly (excl. syn. B. mannii).
  • Meth. Pl. 575 (1794)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.J. Scott in Fl. Mascar. 109: 63 (1993).
  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 212, t. 87 (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Africa: 170, fig. 368 (1987).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 264 (1963).
  • Cass. in Dict. Sci. Nat. 25: 469 (1822).
  • DC., Prodr. 6: 187 (1838).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 35 (1956).
  • Hilliard, Flora of Southern Africa 33, 7 (2): 304 (1983).
  • Mesfin & T. Reilly in D.J.N. Hind et al. (eds), Adv. Comp. Syst.: 436 (1995).
  • Moench, Meth. Pl.: 575 (1794).
  • Moeser in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 44: 336 (1910).
  • Oliv. & Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 352 (1877).
  • Richard, Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 426 (1848).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9182] Cameroon K000108705 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Richards, H.M. [13854] Tanzania K000274607 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Keay, R.W.J. [28643] Cameroon K000052221 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Morton, J.K. [864] Cameroon K000052214 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Breteler, F.J. [145] Cameroon K000052220 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Daramola, B., O. [FHI 40524] Cameroon K000052219 Yes
Jan 1, 1953 Boughey, A.S. [6810] Cameroon K000052215 Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Morton, J.K. [7101] Cameroon K000052216 Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Morton, J.K. [6788] Cameroon K000052217 Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Boughey, A.S. [6930] Cameroon K000052213 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002326492 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [1475] Kenya K002333310 Yes
Scott, H. [163] Ethiopia K002322363 Yes
Peter, G.A. [53458] Tanzania K002333325 Yes
Faulkner, H.F. [510] Tanzania K002333338 Yes
{Mrs. J. Ash } [1276] Ethiopia K002322365 Yes
Gerstner, J. [4828] South Africa K002326489 Yes
Margwe, B.; Simon, V. [7] Tanzania K002354191 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K002354167 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [759] South Africa K002326488 Yes
Ash [1305] Ethiopia K:SPC-35622.000 No
Purseglove, J.W. [P2298] Uganda K002333294 Yes
{C. v. d. Merwe} [2396] South Africa K002326486 Yes
Johnson, S.M. [1144] South Africa K002326501 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [8592] Ethiopia K002322369 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E. [15795] Ethiopia K002322331 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Katende, A.B. [LY-5542] Uganda K002333302 Yes
Scott, H. [150] Ethiopia K002322361 Yes
James, E. [s.n.] Kenya K002354165 Yes
Knox, E.B. [3309] Tanzania K002354197 Yes
{Mrs. Jonquil Ash} [3284] Ethiopia K002322368 Yes
Chandler, A. [2243] Uganda K002333308 Yes
Thulin, M.; Tidigs, A. [165] Kenya K002354152 Yes
Wilson, J. [567] Uganda K002333290 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th1633] South Sudan K002322359 Yes
Drewe, P.B. [282] South Africa K002326485 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002326504 Yes
Ash [1276] Ethiopia K:SPC-35629.000 No
{Polhill; Verdcourt; Lucas} [318] Kenya K002333314 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [s.n.] Uganda K002333306 Yes
Mwangoka, M.A.; Mwasumbi, L.; Mwangulango, N. [1185] Tanzania K000372668 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3800] Tanzania K002354198 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [B69] Somalia K002322374 Yes
Gereau, R.; Lovett, J.C.; Kayombo, C.J. [3752] Tanzania K002333344 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [11278] Comoros K002640885 Yes
Borhidi, A.; Iversen, S.T.; Mziray, W.R.; Temu, R.P.C. [85645] Tanzania K002333333 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [7557] Uganda K002354143 Yes
Kuchar, P. [12754] Kenya K002354172 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B. [3700] Kenya K002333313 Yes
Thom [s.n.] K002326508 No
{Envoi de M. W. Schimper} [124] Ethiopia K002322335 Yes
{Mrs. J. Ash} [1018] Ethiopia K002322375 Yes
Churdler-Harcock [2557] Uganda K002333303 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3162] South Africa K002326526 Yes
Schimper [330] Ethiopia K002322333 Yes
Schimper, W. [2074] Ethiopia K002322340 Yes
Whitall, E. [258] Kenya K002354184 Yes
Graham, R.M. [3229] Kenya K002354168 Yes
Wild, H. [6321] South Africa K002326487 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P521] Uganda K002333296 Yes
{Envoi de M. W. Schimper} [856] Ethiopia K002322332 Yes
Graham, R.A. [3229] Kenya K002354169 Yes
Grimshaw, J. [JMG93702] Tanzania K002333322 Yes
Machanga [55] Tanzania K002333331 Yes
Etuge, M.; Thomas, D. [101] Cameroon K000662233 Yes
Parker, R.N. [3881] K002326525 Yes
Kokwaro, J.O.; Kabuye, C. [352] Kenya K002354176 Yes
Ethiopia K000274444 Unknown Type Material Yes
Volkens, G. [752] Tanzania K002333327 Yes
Maber, E.D. [144] Tanzania K002354201 Yes
Grimshaw, J. [JMG94363] Tanzania K002333323 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P2740] Uganda K002333292 Yes
s.coll. [126] K001738724 Yes
Knox, E.B. [4119] Tanzania K002354196 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1993] Cameroon K000052200 Yes
Kassner, T. [875] Kenya K002354166 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E 3908] Uganda K002333301 Yes
Williams, J.G. [3] Kenya K002354153 Yes
Grimshaw, J. [94157] Tanzania K002354200 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [1606] Kenya K002333319 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [315] Tanzania K002333347 Yes
s.coll. [481] South Africa K001737558 Yes
Napier, E.R. [504] Kenya K002354188 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [2169] Kenya K002333312 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [15853] Tanzania K002333343 Yes
Stauffer, H.U. [s.n.] Uganda K002333293 Yes
s.coll. [7195] K001738718 Yes
Maude, A.H. [22] South Africa K002326495 Yes
Gereau, R.; Kayombo, C.J. [3999] Tanzania K002333348 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [3850] K001738719 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [6083] Yemen K002312775 Yes
Freidberg; Kaplan [2] Kenya K002333320 Yes
s.coll. [103] K001738721 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [28635] Cameroon K000052212 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [10814] South Africa K002326535 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [11555] Cameroon K000052218 Yes
Kalema, J. [JK638] Uganda K002354149 Yes
Tothill, B.H. [T2737] Uganda K002333298 Yes
Whitall, E. [81] Kenya K002354183 Yes
Whitall, E. [161] Kenya K002354182 Yes
Clarke, T.R. [19[G]] Kenya K002354155 Yes
Barbosa, G.; Balsinhas, A. [4926] Mozambique K001612979 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1465] Cameroon K000052205 No
Scott, H. [276] Ethiopia K002322371 Yes
Lovett, J.; Sidwell, K.; Kayombo, C.J. [3844] Tanzania K002333351 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2112] Tanzania K002354199 Yes
Kindeketa, W. [530] Tanzania K002354190 Yes
Scheffler, G. [248] Uganda K002333321 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Getachew, E.; Gichile, M. [9838] Ethiopia K002322370 Yes
[R. Pierie] [1487] Kenya K002354178 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [12] Kenya K002354160 Yes
Geilinger [1468] Tanzania K002333334 Yes
Ossent, J. [165] Kenya K002333318 Yes
Peter, G.A. [54352] Kenya K002354187 Yes
Gereau, R.; Lovett, J.C.; Kayombo, C.J. [3752] Tanzania K002333345 Yes
Van Someren, D. [27] Kenya K002354163 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E. [8350] Ethiopia K002322367 Yes
Stauffer, H.U. [888] Uganda K002354151 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [952] Uganda K002354145 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [1001] Kenya K002354157 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Yitbarew, B. [11514] Ethiopia K002322382 Yes
Knox, E.B. [3878] Kenya K002354180 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [3585] K001738722 Yes
Drège, J.F. [s.n.] South Africa K002326503 Yes
Tadesse, M.; Kagnew, G.Y. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002322342 Yes
s.coll. [108] K002326505 Yes
Tweedie [393] Kenya K002354164 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [1185] Uganda K002354148 Yes
Zimmermann, A.W.P. [Z6236] Tanzania K002333328 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] South Africa K002326497 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P1637] Uganda K002333297 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Kabuye, C. [16635] Kenya K002354161 Yes
Spellenberg, R. [7517] Yemen K002312777 Yes
Coe, M. [707] Kenya K002333309 Yes
Pegler, A. [998] South Africa K002326494 Yes
[Mund] [s.n.] South Africa K002326506 Yes
Wood, D. [792] Kenya K002354156 Yes
Kisena [159] Tanzania K002333332 Yes
Cooper, J.O. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002322334 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [7646] Uganda K002354144 Yes
Gereau, R.; Lovett, J.; Sulieman, H.O.; Mbago, F.M. [2948] Tanzania K002333350 Yes
Knox, E.B. [4157] Tanzania K002354195 Yes
Ash [1305] Ethiopia K002322338 Yes
Wilson, J. [1455] Uganda K002333289 Yes
A.S.T. [Th1801] Uganda K002333288 Yes
Sanford [T1204] Uganda K002354146 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4687] Yemen K002312778 Yes
Peers, A.W. [D 6] Kenya K002354174 Yes
Frame, G.W. [112] Tanzania K002354202 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [390] South Africa K001737557 Yes
Mlangwa, J.A. [363] Tanzania K002354194 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1032] Tanzania K002333326 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2943] Uganda K002333304 Yes
Alluaud, C. [27] Kenya K002354181 Yes
Bruce, E.M. (Miss) [625] Tanzania K002333346 Yes
Goldblatt, P.; Brummitt, R.K.; Lovett, J.; Goldblatt, P.; Mwasumbi, L. [8281] Tanzania K002354192 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [2343] Tanzania K002333355 Yes
Kisena [450] Tanzania K002333342 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [13538] Kenya K002354177 Yes
MacGillivray, J. [545] South Africa K002326499 Yes
Nyaid [9] Tanzania K002333339 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [8308] Cameroon K000052209 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [4096] Ethiopia K002322373 Yes
Harvey, W.H. [90] Kenya K002354159 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002326537 Yes
Ash [3284] Ethiopia K002322372 Yes
Emson, H.E. [377] Tanzania K002333353 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P1610] Uganda K002333295 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D947] Tanzania K002333354 Yes
Rogers, C.G. [492] Tanzania K002333330 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14902] Kenya K002354154 Yes
Saint Clair Thompson, G.W. [1383] Tanzania K002333352 Yes
Ash [1672] Uganda K002333300 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3283] South Africa K002326493 Yes
Williams, S.L. [1126] South Africa K002326490 Yes
Tweedie [4125] Kenya K002354173 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [1189] Ethiopia K002322366 Yes
Wallich [s.n.] K001737559 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1159] Kenya K002354186 Yes
Schimper [233] Ethiopia K002322339 Yes
Mann, G. [1916] Cameroon K000052211 Yes
[Dr. Whr Awkober] [360] Ethiopia K002322364 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th1801] Sudan K002322358 Yes
Grimshaw, J. [JMG93689] Tanzania K002333324 Yes
Lovett, J.; Kayombo, C.J. [3381] Tanzania K002333349 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [2919] Kenya K002354189 Yes
Mkeya, A.S.; Mwita, S. [1022] Tanzania K002354193 Yes
Stolz, A. [333] Tanzania K002333356 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [3585] K001738723 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jaeger, P.M.L. [6724] Kenya K002354158 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P3154] Uganda K002333307 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7615] Tanzania K002333329 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [251] Cameroon K000052206 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [3380] South Africa K002326498 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E. [12383] Ethiopia K002322383 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [2940] Uganda K002333291 Yes
Mogk, M. [424] Ethiopia K002322337 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [275] Sudan K002322360 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel [3332] Kenya K002354185 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [21717] South Africa K002326500 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3453] Yemen K002312779 Yes
Osmaston, H.A. [3749] Uganda K002333305 Yes
{G. W. St.-C. Thompson} [241] Tanzania K002333336 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002326502 Yes
Parker, C. [E451] Ethiopia K002322336 Yes
[Mr. Koritschoner] [784] Tanzania K002333341 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [8491] Kenya K002333316 Yes
Rose, F. [1147] Uganda K002354142 Yes
s.coll. [434] K001738726 Yes
Holst, C. [2591] Tanzania K002333337 Yes
Gillespie, L. [19] Yemen K002312776 Yes
[Miso Bowker] [s.n.] South Africa K002326536 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [8310] Kenya K002333317 Yes
Buchwald, J. [148] Tanzania K002333340 Yes
Kalema, J. [JK1009] Uganda K002354141 Yes
Koritzschoner, H. [1371] Tanzania K002333335 Yes
Tothill, B.H. [T2286] Uganda K002333299 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P3077] Uganda K002354150 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [10769] Cameroon K000052201 Yes
Dunlap [194] Cameroon K000052210 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [3928] South Africa K002326496 Yes
Baur, R. [136] K001738725 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [481] South Africa K001738720 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [9575] Cameroon K000052203 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [2062] Ethiopia K002322362 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E1379] Uganda K002354147 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [969a] Cameroon K000052204 Yes
{Mrs. Albrechtsen} [6] Kenya K002333311 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [1204] Kenya K002354162 Yes
Freidberg, A.; Yarom, I. [5] Uganda K002333287 Yes
Knox, E.B. [4194] Kenya K002354175 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [578] Kenya K002333315 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001737560 Yes
{Envoi de M. W. Schimper} [896] Ethiopia K002322341 Yes

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