Asteraceae
Pulicaria

Pulicaria arabica (L.) Cass.

First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 94 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. & E. Medit. to Pakistan and Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Tunisia, Türkiye, Yemen

Introduced into:

Germany, Northern Provinces

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (2015). Flora of Oman 3: 1-386. National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Qaiser, M. & Abid, R. (2003). Flora of Pakistan 210: 1-215. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Iraq

  • Abdulridha, Taha & Wedad, Ecol. & Fl. Basra: 221 (2016)
  • Anthony in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 18: 290 (1935)
  • Blakelock in Kew Bull. 4: 60 (1949)
  • Boissier, Fl. Orient. 3: 205 (1875)
  • Bornmüller. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 60B: 185 (1939)
  • Boulos & Hadidi, Weed Fl. Egypt: 38 (1984)
  • Boulos & Hind in Fl. Egypt 3: 221 (2002)
  • Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 94 (1826)
  • Collenette, Wild Flow. Saudi Arabia: 209 (1999)
  • Dickson, Wild Fls. Kuwait: 77 (1955)
  • Dinsmore in Post, Fl. Syria, Palest. & Sinai ed. 2, 2: 27 (1933)
  • Feinbrun-Dothan, Fl. Palaest. 3: 318 (1978)
  • Gamal-Eldin, Phanerog. Monogr 14: 87 (1981)
  • Grierson in Fl. Turkey 5: 76 (1975)
  • Guest in Dep. Agr. Iraq Bull. 27: 79 (1933)
  • Kilian & Ghazanfar in Fl. Oman 3: 263 (2015)
  • Qaiser & Abid in Fl. Pakistan 210: 63 (2003)
  • Rawi in Dep. Agr. Iraq Tech. Bull. 14: 122 (1964)
  • Rechinger, Fl. Lowland Iraq: 608 (1964)
  • Taifour & El-Oqlah, Pl. Jordan Ann. Checkl.: 46 (2017).
  • Täckholm, Stud. Fl. Egypt ed. 2: 563 (1974)
  • Zohary in Dep. Agr. Iraq Bull. 31: 145 (1950)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Qaiser, M. & Abid, R. (2003). Flora of Pakistan 210: 1-215. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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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