Asteraceae
Senecio

Senecio zeylanicus DC.

First published in Prodr. 6: 365 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

  • Senecio gracilis Arn. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(1): 349 (1836), nom. illeg.

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 12, 1920 Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000852155 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Thwaiter] [1749] Sri Lanka K002601658 Yes
Walker, G.W. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000852151 Syntype Yes
Klackenberg, J.; Lundin, R. [459] India K002601650 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Britto, S.J.; Usha, A. [42327] India K002601649 Yes
Gardner [414] Sri Lanka K002601656 Yes
Walker, G.W. [81] Sri Lanka K000852152 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Bourne] [684] India K002601651 Yes
[Bourne] [1566] India K002601653 Yes
[G. Thomson] [1845] Sri Lanka K002601660 Yes
Gardner, G. [414] Sri Lanka K000852153 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1749] India K002601655 Yes
Davidse, G.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. [8013] Sri Lanka K002601654 Yes
[Bourne] [1570] India K002601659 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [433] Sri Lanka K002601661 Yes
Wight, R. [1654] India K000852154 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Bourne] [691] India K002601652 Yes
Walker, G.W. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000852150 Syntype Yes
[G. Murrsen] [s.n.] K002601657 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images