Launaea fragilis (Asso) Pau

First published in Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 16: 68 (1917)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Spain, Sicilia, Malta, N. Africa to Sahara and NW. India. It grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Gulf States, India, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tunisia, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1990 Madden [30] Egypt K001790574 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Cosson, E. [s.n.] Morocco K002034770 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Cosson, E. [s.n.] Morocco K001790568 Yes
[M. M. E.Cosson]; Doûmet-Adanson; [A. Lclourneua]; [N. Rebond]; Bonnet, E. [s.n.] K002034774 Yes
Palmer, N.K. [s.n.] K002034371 No
Robert, D.; Cosson, E. [s.n.] K002034776 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [2379] K002034367 No
Trethewy, A.W. [70] Morocco K002034772 Yes
Davis, P.H. [8368A] K001730309 No
Ball, J. [s.n.] K002034374 No
Samuelsson, G. [3040] K002034381 No
Park, C.B. [100] Libya K002034766 Yes
Balansa, B. [791] Algeria K002034778 Yes
Davis, P.H. [5477] K002034379 No
Brown, E.S. [s.n.] Libya K002034768 Yes
Mavromoustakis, G.A. [s.n.] K002034368 No
Davis, P.H. [649013] K002034372 No
Jury, S.L.; Springate, L.S.; Ait Lafkih, M. [11267] Morocco K002034764 Yes
Gandoger, M. [93] Tunisia K002034782 No
Bornmüller, J. [799] Libya K002034780 Yes
Keith, H.G. [244] Libya K002034767 Yes
Lindberg, H. [756] K002034370 No
Townsend, C.C. [66/41] Libya K002034779 Yes
Cosson, E. [s.n.] K002034769 Yes
[A. Baugrui] [s.n.] K002034775 Yes
Davis [49827] Libya K002034777 Yes
Alston, A.H.G.; Simpson, N.D. [37242] K002034771 Yes
Davis, P.H. [8368A] K001730310 No
Trethewy, A.W. [51] Morocco K002034773 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [66/20] Libya K002034765 Yes
Syngrassides, A. [1038] K001730308 No
Ascherson, P. [s.n.] K002034375 No
Hepper, F.N. [8507] K002034377 No
Davis, P.H. [6491B] K002034373 No
s.coll. [1364] K002034380 No
Mavromoustakis, G.A. [s.n.] K002034369 No
Hepper, F.N. [3424FNH] K002034376 No
D'Angelis, J.D.; Grizi, A. [588] K002034378 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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
  • Kew Science Photographs

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