Asteraceae
Sonchus

Sonchus schweinfurthii Oliv. & Hiern

First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 458 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in F.T.A. 3: 458 (1877).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 230 (1994).
  • Boulos in Bot. Notis. 127: 402 (1974).
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 18: 479 (1966).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 296 (1963).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 51 (1956).
  • G.V. Pope in Flora Zambesiaca 6: 224, t. 41a (1992).
  • Lawalrée, Dethier & Gilissen in Flore d'Afrique Centrale Compositae: Cichorioideae: 38 (1986).
  • Oliv. & Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 458 (1877).
  • R.E. Fr. in Acta Horti Berg. 8: 98 (1924).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1998 Cheek, M. [8546 a] Cameroon K000338031 No
Aug 1, 1998 Cable, S. [3027] Cameroon K000338030 No
Richards, H.M. [6940] Tanzania K002103569 Yes
Bauer, P.J. [143] Cameroon K000027685 No
Ash [1987] Ethiopia K:SPC-35838.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [4375] Angola K001307252 Yes
Bauer, P.J. [142] Cameroon K000027684 No
Schweinfurth, G. [3560] K000251853 Type Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28416] Cameroon K000027688 No
Hepper, F.N. [1988] Cameroon K000027687 No
Brunt, M.A. [618] Cameroon K000027686 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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