Asteraceae
Launaea

Launaea cornuta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey

First published in Kew Bull. 18: 468 (1966)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Eritrea and S. Tropical Africa. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 229 (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: pl. 373 (1987).
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 18: 468 (1966).
  • G.V. Pope in Flora Zambesiaca 6: 219, t. 40e (1992).
  • N. Kilian in Englera 17: 175 (1997).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2011 s. col. [T 1820 / B1652] Kenya K000662614 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Laizer, G.S. [1469] Tanzania K000614903 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Kindeketa, W.J. [2780] Tanzania K000614956 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1290] K000251728 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3056] Tanzania K002065756 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7051] Sudan K002065306 Yes
Vebrum, J. [7509] Congo, Republic of the K002065265 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2245] K000251725 Type Yes
Chevalier, Aug. [6571] Chad K000251726 Isotype Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1452] K000251729 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [157] K000251724 Type Yes
Ash [1764] Ethiopia K:SPC-35615.000 No
Laizer, G.S. [1388] Tanzania K000614908 Yes
Kotschy [157] K000251723 Lectotype Yes
Meller, C., J. K000251750 Type Yes
Speke and Grant, Captains K000251746 Syntype Yes
Collenette, L.C. [269] Somalia Prenanthes somaliensis K:SPC-29622.000 No
Barbosa, G.; Balsinhas, A. [5214] Mozambique Sonchus exauriculatus K001612972 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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