Launaea procumbens (Roxb.) Ramayya & Rajagopal
First published in Kew Bull. 23: 465 (1969)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Egypt to Central Asia and Myanmar, Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, Egypt, Gulf States, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Prenanthes procumbens Roxb. in Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 404 (1832)
- Youngia procumbens (Roxb.) DC. in Prodr. 7: 193 (1838)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Ammoseris patens (DC.) D.Dietr. in Syn. Plant. 4: 1319 (1847)
- Brachyramphus obtusus DC. in Prodr. 7: 177 (1838)
- Lactuca flava Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 143 (1775)
- Lactuca obtusa (DC.) Sch.Bip. in Flora 25: 423 (1842)
- Launaea fallax (Jaub. & Spach) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 351 (1891)
- Launaea obtusa (DC.) Mundhe & M.R.Almeida in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 85: 523 (1989)
- Microrhynchus arabicus Jaub. & Spach in Ill. Pl. Orient. 3(28): 107 (1848)
- Microrhynchus fallax Jaub. & Spach in Ill. Pl. Orient. 3(28): 106 (1848)
- Microrhynchus patens DC. in Prodr. 7: 181 (1838)
- Paramicrorhynchus procumbens (Roxb.) Kirp. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 29: 237 (1964)
- Prenanthes obtusa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3276 (1831), not validly publ.
- Prenanthes patens Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3258 (1831), not validly publ.
- Prenanthes runcinata Lag. in Gen. Sp. Pl.: 24 (1816)
- Rhabdotheca sonchoides Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2. 48: 425 (1827)
- Scorzonera dichotoma Vahl in Symb. Bot. 2: 89 (1791)
- Sonchus lakouensis S.Y.Hu in Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 21: 164 (1968)
- Sonchus leucodon Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Ledeb. in Fl. Ross. 2: 832 (1846)
- Youngia alashanica H.C.Fu in Fl. Intramongolica, ed. 2, 4: 849 (1993)
- Zollikoferia fallax (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. in Fl. Orient. 3: 824 (1875)
- Zollikoferia leucodon Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Boiss. in Fl. Orient. 3: 824 (1875)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
- Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
- Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 3276], India | Prenanthes obtusa | K001129347 | Yes | ||
| Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 3258], India | Prenanthes patens | K001118936 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 3258], India | Prenanthes patens | K001118938 | Yes | ||
| Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3258], India | Prenanthes patens | K001118939 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 3258], India | Prenanthes patens | K001118937 | Yes |
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images