Asteraceae
Launaea

Launaea capitata (Spreng.) Dandy

First published in F.W.Andrews, Fl. Pl. Sudan 3: 40 (1956)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Canary Islands (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote) to NW. India. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Canary Is., Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Iraq

  • Abdulridha, Taha & Wedad, Ecol. & Fl. Basra: 217 (2016)
  • Boulos & Hind in Fl. Egypt 3: 294 (2002)
  • Breckle, Hedge & Rafiqpoor, Vasc. Pl. Afghan. Checkl.: 177 (2013)
  • Collenette, Wild Flow. Saudi Arabia: 200 (1999)
  • Dandy in Andrews, Fl. Pls. Sudan 3: 40 (1956)
  • Feinbrun-Dothan, Fl. Palaest. 3: 432 (1978)
  • Ghafoor in Fl. Pakistan 222: 170 (2017)
  • Kilian & Ghazanfar in Fl. Oman 3: 226 (2015)
  • Kilian in Englera 17: 296, 4f, 9e–g (1997)
  • Mandaville, Fl. East. Saudi Arabia: 321 (1990)
  • Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 122: 146 (1977)
  • Rechinger, Fl. Lowland Iraq: 677 (1964)
  • Taifour & El-Oqlah, Pl. Jordan Ann. Checkl. 44 (2017).
  • Täckholm, Stud. Fl. Egypt: ed.2, 602 (1974)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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