Asteraceae
Sphaeranthus

Sphaeranthus senegalensis DC.

First published in Prodr. 5: 370 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China, Jawa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Chad, China South-Central, Congo, East Himalaya, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Jawa, Laos, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 170.
  • Prod. 5: 370 (1836)
  • Ross-Craig in Hook. Ic. Pl., ser. 5, 6: 25, t. 3502B

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 267, fig. 257 (1963).
  • DC., Prodr. 5: 370 (1836).
  • Robyns in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1924: 197 (1924).
  • Ross-Craig in Hook., Ic. Pl. ser. 5, 6: 25, t. 3502b (1954).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1995 Speke; Grant [s.n.] K000274163 Unknown Type Material Yes
Edgworth [5007] India K002314311 Yes
s.coll. [123] China K002314212 Yes
Forrest, G. [11932] China K002314211 Yes
Peter, G.A. [53450] K002314615 Yes
[J. M. Dalgrel] [189] Nigeria K002314418 Yes
Mlangwa, J.A. [408] Tanzania K002314614 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [CRS404] Zambia K002900276 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5714] Zambia K002900277 Yes
Brook, A.J. [24] Gambia, The K002314399 Yes
Inyat [22275] K002314315 Yes
[S. de Labgehar] [16791] India K002314396 Yes
[Mayin Madden] [s.n.] K001739061 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002314408 Yes
Koussile [17017] Sudan K002314412 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [s.n.] India K002314302 Yes
Fox, R.H. [55] Gambia, The K002314400 Yes
[illegible] [771] India K002314390 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002314295 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002314395 Yes
Brown-Lester, J. [[58]] Gambia, The K002314402 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [183] K002314297 Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [40] India K002314304 Yes
Jackson, G. [11281272] Nigeria K002314416 Yes
Lecard [19] India K002314393 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [834] India K002314303 Yes
Pirie, J. [31] Gambia, The K002314403 Yes
Vanpruk, P. [465] Thailand K002314338 Yes
Perrottet [431] Senegal K000274139 Unknown Type Material Yes
Perrottet [431] Senegal K000274138 Type Yes
[Duthie] [s.n.] K002314296 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [6398] India K002314314 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [745] Nigeria K001739065 Yes
[J. H. Oanne] [VI] Gambia, The K002314397 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [693] Tanzania K002314624 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [544] Tanzania K002314625 Yes
Hagerup, O.; Olufsen, O. [623] Nigeria K002314419 Yes
Olufsen, O.; Hagerup, O. [26] K002314411 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002314306 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Morton, J.K. [A 3147] Ghana K002314414 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [20621] India K002314300 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Brenan, J.P.M. [8053] Zambia K002900278 Yes
[J. J.] [s.n.] India K002314312 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002314320 Yes
Magaji, S.O. [MG 649] Nigeria K002314420 Yes
K. Vollesen [MRC2607] Tanzania K002314627 Yes
[Oberer Mlupe] [s.n.] Tanzania K002314617 Yes
Anderson, B. [803] Tanzania K002314619 Yes
Olorunfemi, J. [FHI55745] Nigeria K002314422 Yes
Brown-Lester, J. [2] Gambia, The K002314401 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; K. Vollesen [7229] Tanzania K002314613 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [41] India K002314319 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [693] Tanzania K002314623 Yes
[illegible] [244] India K001739060 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Akpabia, G.K. [4349] Australia K002314415 Yes
Tessy, P.J. [3288] Gambia, The K002314398 Yes
Lécard, T. [19] Sudan K002314409 Yes
Wenger, W.J.L. [527] K002314309 Yes
Grimshaw, J.M. [JMG94473] Tanzania K002314616 Yes
Peter, G.A. [44512] K002314631 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1666] Thailand K002314337 Yes
Gbile; Wit; Daramola [FHI65420] Nigeria K002314423 Yes
Noak, J.L. [262] Zambia K002900274 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [745] Nigeria K002314421 Yes
Poisson, M.E. [s.n.] K002314407 Yes
Malaisse, F. [2418] India K002314394 Yes
Peter, G.A. [53719] K002314622 Yes
Hooker, W.J. [9] India K002314310 Yes
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [1283] India K002314308 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7497] Tanzania K002314620 Yes
Wingfield; Mhoro [3880] Tanzania K002314629 Yes
Saunders, D.H. [6] Gambia, The K002314404 Yes
Wallich, S. [HJ3178/288] India K002314307 Yes
Davey, J.T. [023] Sudan K002314410 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [25769] India K002314301 Yes
Farmar, L. [130] India K002314392 Yes
s.coll. [168] Gambia, The K002314405 Yes
Polumin, O.; Sykes, W.R.; Williams, H.J. [3665] Nepal K002314305 Yes
Peter, G.A. [K823] Tanzania K002314621 Yes
[illegible] [113] India K002314391 Yes
P. ole Sayalel [1258] Tanzania K002314630 Yes
K. Vollesen [MRC2607] Tanzania K002314628 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Akpabia, G.K. [4420] Australia K002314413 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15282] Tanzania K002314626 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [26360] Zambia K002900275 Yes
Wingfield, R. [3932] Tanzania K002314618 Yes
Wit, P.; Wit, J. [1153] Nigeria K002314424 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] India K002314318 Yes
Coombe, D.E. [85] Nigeria K002314417 Yes
[illegible] [122] India K002314313 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [5702] Senegal K002314406 Yes
Chev. [1042] Mali K000274137 Type Yes
s.coll. [3128] India K002314317 Yes

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    • '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.
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    • 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

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0