Asteraceae
Pteronia

Pteronia glauca Thunb.

First published in Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 144 (1800)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Botswana to Namibia and Free State.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia

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.

Kew Bulletin

  • (Thunberg 1800: 144);
  • Bergius, P. J. (1767). Descriptiones Plantarum ex Capite Bonæ Spei. L. Salvius, Stockholm.
  • Bremer, K. (1983). Taxonomy of Asaemia with notes on Stilnophyton (Compositae-Anthemideae). Nord. J. Bot. 3: 193 – 195.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Bremer, K. (1994). Asteraceae, cladistics & classification. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
  • Brown, N. E. (1906). XVIII – Diagnoses Africanae, XVI. Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1906: 98 – 109.
  • Craven, P. & Loots, S. (2002). Namibia. In: J. S. Golding (ed.), Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14: 61 – 92.
  • Dinter, K. (1921). LVIII. Index der aus Deutsch-Südwestafrika bis zum Jahre 1917 bekannt gewordenen Pflanzenarten. VII. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 185 – 192.
  • Dinter, K. (1926). VI. Index der aus Deutsch-Südwestafrika bis zum Jahre 1917 bekannt gewordenen Pflanzenarten. XX. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 130 – 133.
  • Dinter, K. (1931). Kurzer Bericht über meine Reise 1929 in die Küstenwüste SW.-Afrikas, spez. die Buchuberge. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 163 – 170.
  • Dinter, K. (1932). XVI. Diagnosen neuer südwestafrikanischer Pflanzen. 2. Fortsetzung. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 30: 181 – 184.
  • Drège, J. F. (1843). Zwei pflanzengeographische Documente. Besondere Beigabe zur Flora 1843 Band II: 1 – 230. Königliche Botanische Gesellschaft, Regensburg. [With an introduction by […nebst einer Einleitung von…] E. Meyer, on pp. 3 – 43]
  • Glen, H. F. & Germishuizen, G. (2009). Botanical exploration of southern Africa — edition 2. Strelitzia 26: 286.
  • Harvey in Harvey & Sonder (1865: 107);
  • Harvey, W. H. (1865). Compositae. In: W. H. Harvey & O. W. Sonder (eds), Flora Capensis Volume III, Rubiaceae to Campanulaceae. Hodges, Smith and Co., Dublin. [Pteronia on pp. 95 – 110]
  • Herman (2003: 277).
  • Herman, P. P. J. (2003). Pteronia. In: G. Germishuizen & N. L. Meyer (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 276 – 279.
  • Herman, P. P. J., Retief, E., Koekemoer, M. & Welman, W. G. (2000). Asteraceae. In: O. A. Leistner (ed.), Seed Plants of southern Africa: families and genera. Strelitzia 10: 101 – 170.
  • Hoffmann, O. (1893). Pteronia polygalifolia. In: H. Schinz (ed.), Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Afrikanischen Flora. Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 73.
  • Hutchinson & Phillips (1917: 289);
  • Hutchinson, J. & Phillips, E. P. (1917). A revision of the genus Pteronia (Compositae). Ann. S. African Mus. 9: 277 – 329.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland & Cambridge.
  • IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee (2013). Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 10. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee. Downloadable from http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf.
  • Klatt, F. W. (1896). Tribus: Mutisiaceae. In: H. Schinz (ed.), Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Afrikanischen Flora. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 843.
  • Källersjö, M. (1991). The genus Athanasia (Compositae – Anthemideae). Opera Bot. 106: 1 – 75.
  • Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F. A. (1954). Index Herbariorum, Part II(1), Collectors, First instalment A – D. Reg. Veget. 2: 163. Utrecht – Netherlands: International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy.
  • Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F. A. (1957). Index Herbariorum, Part II(2), Collectors, E – H. Reg. Veget. 9: 176.
  • Lessing, C. F. (1832). Synopsis Generum Compositarum, Berolini, Sumtibus Dunckeri et Humblotii, Paris & London. [Pteronia on pp. 195 – 196]
  • Linnaeus, C. (1760). Plantae Rariores Africanæ. L. Salvius, Stockholm. [Thesis of Jacob Printz, presided over by Linnaeus to whom new names have to be attributed]
  • Linnaeus, C. (1763a). Amoenitates academicæ, vol. 6. L. Salvius, Stockholm. [The thesis of Jacob Printz, cited as Plantae africanæ rariores, as no. 106 on pp. 77 – 115]
  • Linnaeus, C. (1763b). Species plantarum (ed. 2) Vol. 2. L. Salvius, Stockholm.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1764). Genera Plantarum. L. Salvius, Stockholm.
  • Linnaeus, C. (filius) (1782). Supplementum Plantarum. Impensis Orphanotrophei, Brunsvigæ. [Title page “1781” but published April 1782]
  • Loots, S. (2005). Red Data Book of Namibian Plants. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 38: 37, 122.
  • Lowrey, T. K. (1998). Pteronia. In: C. E. Jarvis & N. J. Turland (eds), Typification of Linnaean specific and varietal names in the Compositae (Asteraceae). Taxon 47: 365.
  • Merxmüller & Roessler (1984: 90);
  • Merxmüller (1955: 79; 1967: 156);
  • Merxmüller, H. & Roessler, H. (1984). Compositen-Studien XI. Neue Übersicht der Compositen Südwestafrikas. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 20: 61 – 96.
  • Merxmüller, H. (1952). Compositen Studien II. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 120 – 129.
  • Merxmüller, H. (1955). Pteronia. In: K. Suessenguth & H. Merxmüller (eds), Taxa praecipue africana. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 67 – 83.
  • Merxmüller, H. (1967). 139: Asteraceae. In: H. Merxmüller (ed.), Prodromus einer Flora von Südwestafrika. J. Cramer, Lehre.
  • Moore, S. (1902). A contribution to the Composite flora of Africa. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35: 325 – 326.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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  • Muschler, R. (1911a). Compositae africanae novae. I. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 51 – 124. [Pteronia on pp. 95 – 103]
  • Muschler, R. (1911b). LXXXVII. Vernonia De Wildemaniana Muschler, nom. nov. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 384.
  • Nordenstam, B. (1971). New South African Compositae. Bot. Not. 124: 10 – 14.
  • Pearson, H. H. W. (1911). 1. On the collections of dried plants obtained in South-West Africa by the Percy Sladen Memorial Expeditions, 1908 – 1911. Ann. S. African Mus. 9: 1 – 20.
  • Range (1935: 275);
  • Range, P. (1935). Die Flora des Namalandes. VIII. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 256 – 280.
  • Roessler, H. & Merxmüller, H. (1982). Weitere Neufunde aus Südwestafrika. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 18: 187 – 200.
  • South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). (2011). SANBI Integrated Biodiversity Information System (SIBIS). Website http://sibis.sanbi.org/faces/Home.jsp?1=1. Accessed 2 December 2012.
  • Stafleu, F. A. & Cowan, R. S. (1986). Taxonomic literature. Volume VI: Sti – Vuy, p. 538. Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht/Antwerpen; Dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague/Boston.
  • Thunberg, C. P. (1800). Prodromus Plantarum Capensium, quas, in Promontorio Bonæ Spei Africes, annis 1772 – 1775. Pars posterior. Joh. Fr. Edman, Uppsala.
  • Turczaninow, N. S. (1851). Synanthereae quaedam hucusque indescriptae. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 24: 59 – 95.
  • Turland, N. J. (2013). The Code decoded. A user’s guide to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein.
  • Vegter, I. H. (1976). Index Herbariorum, Part II(4), Collectors, M. Regnum Veg. 93: 504. Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht.
  • de Candolle (1836: 365);
  • de Candolle, A. P. (1836). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, Pars Quinta. Treuttel & Würtz, Paris. [Pteronia L. on pp. 356 – 365]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Acocks, J.P.H. [18978] South Africa K002675900 No
Giess, J.W.H.; van Vuuren, D. [768] South Africa K002675912 Yes
Retief; Reid [85] South Africa K002675913 Yes
Allardice, R. [1510] South Africa K002675915 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000273420 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002675917 Yes
Burchell [1410] South Africa K000273422 Type Yes
Leach, L.C.; Bayliss, R.D.; Giess, W. [12938] South Africa K002675916 Yes
Sidey, J.L. [3621] South Africa K002675909 Yes
Story, R. [5075] South Africa K002675926 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [3967] Namibia K002675902 No
Gilfillan, D.J. [5528] South Africa K000273423 Unknown Type Material Yes
Godfrey, R.K. [SH 1228] South Africa K002675920 Yes
Verdoorn, I.C. [1610] South Africa K002675923 Yes
[H. Tolken]; Hardy, D. [712] South Africa K002675910 Yes
Dinter [967] South Africa K000273419 Unknown Type Material Yes
C.B.S. [7] K002675904 Yes
Story, R. [3612] South Africa K002675922 Yes
Long, F.R. [766] South Africa K002675925 Yes
Leistner, O.A.; Joynt, V. [2669] South Africa K002675907 Yes
[O. A. Reethlong] [485] South Africa K002675927 Yes
s.coll. [[1589B]] South Africa K002675899 Yes
Dinter [7892] South Africa K002675906 Yes
Dinter [967] South Africa K000273424 Unknown Type Material Yes
Leistner, O.A. [2169] South Africa K002675908 Yes
Penzhorn, B.L. [5804] South Africa K002675928 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [585] South Africa K002675921 Yes
Verdoorn, I.C. [1467] South Africa K002675924 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [868] South Africa K002675918 Yes
Brynard, A.M. [34] South Africa K002675919 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [60] South Africa K002675905 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000273421 Unknown Type Material Yes
Giess, W. [2387] South Africa K002675911 Yes

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