Asteraceae
Tarchonanthus

Tarchonanthus camphoratus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 842 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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 Species Profiles

  • Beentje, H. J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs & Lianas. National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi.
  • Beentje, H. J. (1999). The genus Tarchonanthus (Compositae – Mutisieae). Kew Bulletin 54: 81‒95.
  • Coates Palgrave, K. (2002). Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town.
  • Curtis, B. & Mannheimer, C. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia. National Botanical Research Institute, Windhoek.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. J. (2012). Conservation Checklist of the Trees of Uganda. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 564, fig. (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: 178, pl. 95 (1987).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 160, photo 31 (1961).
  • G.V. Pope in Flora Zambesiaca 6: 9 (1992).
  • Ivens, E. Afr. Weeds ed. 2: 71, fig. 36 (1989).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 160 (1949).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 842 (1753).
  • O. Hoffm. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 43 (IV, 5): 174, fig. 90 (1890).
  • Oliv. & Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 321 (1877).
  • Paiva in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2A, 46: 360 (1972).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1991 Story, R. [4981] Botswana K000489265 No
Jun 1, 1991 Mott, P.J. [319] Botswana K000489261 No
Jun 1, 1991 Smithers, R.H.N. [170688] Botswana K000489260 No
Jun 1, 1991 Taylor, H.C. [7111] Botswana K000489258 No
Jun 1, 1991 Burchell, W.J. [2202] South Africa K000274055 Isosyntype Yes
Haines, D. [408] South Africa K001556741 No
Brockman, D. [516] Somalia K001556518 No
Ironside Wood, J.R. [S/73/110] Somalia K001556515 No
Van Son, G. [28805] Botswana K001556619 No
Richards, M. [23641] Tanzania K001556601 No
C.B.S.; Prior, A. [s.n.] South Africa K001556713 No
Peter, G.A. [42871] Tanzania K001556599 No
Strey, R.G. [9713] South Africa K001556782 No
Newbould, J.G.B. [857] Somalia K001556501 No
Haarer, A.E. [1571] Tanzania K001556610 No
Drège [s.n.] South Africa K001556722 No
Badenhorst, P.J. [40] South Africa K001556709 No
Bogdan, A. [2049] Kenya K001556546 No
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6186] Kenya K001556540 No
Hildebrandt, J.M. [883] Somalia K001556513 No
Muller, D.B. [1505] South Africa K001556771 No
Smith, P.A. [2591] Botswana K000489256 No
Friis, I.; Lisanework, N.; Michelsen, A. [6258] Ethiopia K001554980 No
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [535] Somalia K001554997 No
Gillett, J.B. [13884] Kenya K001556530 No
Compton, R.H. [28947] South Africa K001556683 No
Peter, G.A. [53822] Tanzania K001556615 No
Strey, R.G. [9757] South Africa K001556783 No
Wolley-Dod, A.H. [786] South Africa K001556714 No
Rauh; Schlieben [9644] South Africa K001556761 No
Liebenberg [S 78] South Africa K001556763 No
Mott, P.J. [985] Botswana K001556622 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K001556535 No
Alexander, R.C.; [C.B.S.]; Prior, A. [s.n.] South Africa K001556745 No
Newbould, J.G.B. [742] Somalia K001556502 No
Galpin, E.E. [952] South Africa K001556765 No
Holst, C. [2599] Tanzania K001556611 No
Friis, I.; Weber, O.; Wege, A.; Abubaker Atem; Ermias Getachew [15089] Ethiopia K001554988 No
Zeyher; Reichenbach, H.G. [s.n.] South Africa K001556744 No
van Eck, H.J. [1] South Africa K001556712 No
[C.B.S]; Prior, [s.n.] South Africa K001556704 No
Hutton; C.B.S. [s.n.] South Africa K001556729 No
Jones, S. [2] Ethiopia K001554990 No
Burchell [5336] South Africa K001556717 No
Mooney, H.F. [5547] Ethiopia K001554977 No
Mundt, J.L.L. [31] South Africa K001556701 No
Dummer, R.A. [5140] Kenya K001556533 No
Wright, C. [s.n.] South Africa K001556747 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K001556545 No
Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [3214] Somalia K001554999 No
Burchell, W.J. [2155] South Africa K000274057 Type Yes
[A. R. Goovveu] [710] South Africa K001556779 No
Beer, J.S., de [886] Botswana K000489262 No
Coetzee, B.J. [825] South Africa K001556767 No
McClean, A.P.D. [265] South Africa K001556671 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Lesotho K001556868 No
Morris; Engelbrecht [1315] South Africa K001556757 No
Mabberley, D.J. [725] Kenya K001556528 No
Schweinfurth, G. [1216] Yemen K001554970 No
Germishuizen, G. [369] South Africa K001556762 No
Polhill, E. [103B] Kenya K001556526 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1561] Kenya K001556527 No
Story, R. [4877] Botswana K001556621 No
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [779] Ethiopia K001554976 No
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [3078] South Africa K001556674 No
s.coll. [5336] South Africa K001556719 No
Brown, L. [101] Uganda K001556531 No
Owens [99] Botswana K001556620 No
Hagos, T.H. [162] Eritrea K001554991 No
Scheepers, J.C. [1596] South Africa K001556775 No
Mogg, A.O.D. [34157] South Africa K001556764 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Tadesse, M. [6402] Kenya K001556536 No
Parker, R.N. [4190] South Africa K001556742 No
Haines, D. [452] South Africa K001556739 No
Flanagan, H.G. [2330] South Africa K001556696 No
Wilman, M. [1505] South Africa K001556693 No
Mhoro, E.B. [6176] Tanzania K001556598 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13188] Tanzania K001556595 No
Polhill, E. [103A] Kenya K001556543 No
Crewe, R.M. [106] South Africa K001556770 No
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [7377] South Africa K001556697 No
Naegelé, A. [112] Djibouti K001556506 No
Hooker; [C. B. S.]; Forsyth [s.n.] South Africa K001556703 No
Napier, E.R. [776] Kenya K001556529 No
Carter, S. [859] Somalia K001554998 No
Wilson, J. [537] Uganda K001556522 No
Guillarmod, A.J. [840] South Africa K001556686 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [535] South Africa K001556726 No
Burger, W. [1871] Ethiopia K001554984 No
Friis, I.; Sebsebe, D.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E.; Friis, V. [13369] Ethiopia K001556516 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [13010] South Africa K001556673 No
Strey, R.G. [9758] South Africa K001556787 No
Pócs, T.; Chuwa, S. [89037/A] Tanzania K001556605 No
Leistner, O.A. [26] South Africa K001556766 No
Ross, J.H. [2117] South Africa K001556670 No
Cooper, T. [1496] South Africa K001556724 No
Compton, R.H. [28810] South Africa K001556682 No
Simon, G.; Kindeketa, W.; Gobbo, G.; Mollel, M.; Olntukai, T. [434] Tanzania K001556596 No
Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [3305] Somalia K001556511 No
Verdcourt [3586A] Kenya K001556537 No
Peter, G.A. [53613] Tanzania K001556608 No
Edwards, D. [2505] South Africa K001556678 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [8627] South Africa K001556733 No
Leach, L.C.; Bayliss, R.D. [12920] South Africa K001556769 No
Rudatis, H. [1641] South Africa K001556677 No
Wallich; Zeyher [820] South Africa K001556720 No
Matalu, L. [3088] Tanzania K001556604 No
Wilson, J. [1516] Uganda K001556521 No
Zeyher; Reichenbach, H.G. [819] South Africa K001556725 No
Strey, R.G. [6536] South Africa K001556679 No
Ward, C.J. [7719] South Africa K001556790 No
Andy (Dr) [ Y36] Somalia K001556504 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B11246] Somalia K001556512 No
Story, R. [1057] South Africa K001556773 No
Newbould, J.G.B. [1004] Somalia K001556509 Yes
Francisco, M.; Cachissapa, M. [FM1846] Angola K001625122 Yes
s.coll. [225] K001556514 No
Semsei, S.R. [2218] Tanzania K001556617 No
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [760] Eritrea K001554994 No
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6185] Kenya K001556538 No
Fourcade, H.G. [4300] South Africa K001556694 No
Lort Phillips, Mrs. E. [s.n.] Somalia K001556517 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [2352] South Africa K001556710 No
Galpin, E.E. [133127] South Africa K001556672 No
Friis, I.; Sebsebe, D.; Wege, A.; Ermias Getachew [14832] Ethiopia K001554989 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2865] Tanzania K001556616 No
Ward, C.J. [2611] South Africa K001556785 No
Story, R. [4635] Botswana K000489259 No
Phillips, M.S. [753] Uganda K001556524 No
Hemming, C.F. [1907] Somalia K001556503 No
Killick, D.J.B. [4304] Lesotho K001556685 No
Buysman, M.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] K001556866 No
Strey, R.G. [11215] South Africa K001556736 No
Gay, J.E. [208] K001556870 No
Muller, P. [612] South Africa K001556706 No
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [9007] Kenya K001556534 No
MacOwan, P. [s.n.] South Africa K001556748 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Malaku Wandefrash; Legesse, M.; Gashaw Gibre-Hiwot [8509] Ethiopia K001554986 No
Ruffo [2478] Tanzania K001556606 No
Culverwell, J. [0023] Eswatini K001556688 No
Rudatis, H. [1647] South Africa K001556786 No
Cooke, O.L. [6270] South Africa K001556711 No
Hansen, O.J. [3141] Botswana K000489257 No
Willan, R.L. [4] Tanzania K001556612 No
Popov, G. [568] Yemen K001554972 No
Rauh, W. [13329] Yemen K001554969 No
Gillett, J.B. [4468] Somalia K001556519 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Ermias Getachew; Malaku Wandefrash [10046] Ethiopia K001554985 No
Farquharson, F. [A 1483] South Africa K001556750 No
Scharf, H.T. [1419] South Africa K001556698 No
Rump, W.G. [s.n.] South Africa K001556669 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B11738] Somalia K001556505 No
Gillett, J.B. [14298] Ethiopia K001554979 No
Peter, G.A. [53597] Tanzania K001556609 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001556869 No
Thulin, M. [4336] Somalia K001556507 No
Bally, P.R.O. [7317] Somalia K001554996 No
Strey, R.G. [7660 a] South Africa K001556675 No
Lambrecht, F.L. [287] Botswana K000489263 No
Bally, P.R.O. [1010] Kenya K001556532 No
Mogg, A.O.D. [s.n.] K001556768 No
Greenway, P.J. [4325] Tanzania K001556602 No
MacOwan, P. [1613] South Africa K001556777 No
M. et [Mme] Dieterlen [565] K001556684 No
Hedberg, O. [6908] Tanzania K001556618 No
Owens, M. [104] Botswana K001556623 No
Wilman, M. [5979] South Africa K001556708 No
Venter, F. [933] South Africa K001556707 No
Spjut, R.W.; Ensor, P.D. [3195] Kenya K001556539 No
Jameson, H. (Mrs) [s.n.] South Africa K001556732 No
Collenette, S. [257] Saudi Arabia K001554974 No
Bowie [s.n.] South Africa K001556695 No
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [85] South Africa K001556784 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [8617] South Africa K001556699 No
Ward, C.J. [2332] South Africa K001556680 No
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [760] Eritrea K001554995 No
Friis, I.; Sebsebe, D.; Abubaker Atem; Wege, A.; Ermias Getachew [15533] Ethiopia K001554983 No
Strey, R.G. [7660 b] South Africa K001556788 No
Pappi, A. [63] Eritrea K001554992 No
s.coll. [8] South Africa K001556721 No
Galpin, E.E. [13254] South Africa K001556737 No
Greenway, P.J.; Turner, M.; Owen, J. [10311] Tanzania K001556594 No
Wolley-Dod, A.H. [787] South Africa K001556715 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001556743 No
Burchell [1684] South Africa K001556746 No
Alexander, R.C.; C.B.S.; Peior, A. [s.n.] South Africa K001556731 No
Mooney, H.F. [5547] Ethiopia K001554978 No
s.coll. [2819] Kenya K001556542 No
Ward, C.J. [7718] South Africa K001556668 No
Eggeling, W.J. [E2857] Uganda K001556525 No
Gillett, J.B. [1554] South Africa K001556735 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Melaku, W.; Ermias Getachew [10428] Ethiopia K001554987 No
Strey, R.G. [9709] South Africa K001556781 No
Smith, C.A. [942] South Africa K001556776 No
Burchell [3412] South Africa K001556718 No
Peter, G.A. [53862] Tanzania K001556613 No
Greenway, P.J. [9146] Tanzania K001556600 No
Compton, R.H. [27888] Eswatini K001556687 No
Napier, E.R. (Miss) [206] Kenya K001556541 No
Phillips, M.S. [742] Uganda K001556523 No
Owens, M. [63] Botswana K000489264 No
Theron, G.C. [815] South Africa K001556702 No
Mooney, H.F. [7708] Ethiopia K001554982 No
Collenette, I.S. [1144] Saudi Arabia K001554973 No
Schlieben [8749] South Africa K001556749 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B10254] Somalia K001555000 No
Schimper, A. [573] Ethiopia K001554971 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K001556727 No
Compton, R.H. [32132] South Africa K001556681 No
Ruffo [2478] Tanzania K001556607 No
[G. Thomeson] [H.11283] South Africa K001556759 No
Mollel, N. [88] Tanzania K001556597 No
Cooper, T. [1568] South Africa K001556723 No
Burchell [6241] South Africa K001556705 No
[J. C. Verdoom] [1590] South Africa K001556778 No
Paulo, S. [1019] Kenya K001556544 No
Haines, D. [417] South Africa K001556738 No
Van Eck, H.J. [2] South Africa K001556700 No
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1171] Eritrea K001554993 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Kelbessa, E.; Vollesen, K.B. [7957] Ethiopia K001554981 No
{Thulin; Eriksson; Gifri; Långström} [8131] Yemen K001554968 No
Haines, D. [412] South Africa K001556740 No
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [16237] Somalia K001556508 No
Eggeling, W.J. [6337] Tanzania K001556603 No
Pole-Evans, I.B. [3594] South Africa K001556789 No
Burchell, W.J. [2691] South Africa K000274056 Type Yes
Bolland, B.G.C.; Simpson, N.D. [B. 898] Egypt K001556867 No
Peter, G.A. [30245] Tanzania K001556614 No
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [1578] South Africa K001556774 No
s.coll. [3632] South Africa K001556734 No
Morris, J.W. [1277] South Africa K001556758 No
Cooper, T. [2826] South Africa K001556728 No
Leistner, O.A. [1361] South Africa K001556690 No
Rodin, R.J. [3062] South Africa K001556730 No
Collenette, I.S. [1289] Saudi Arabia K001554975 No
Edwards, D. [2062] South Africa K001556780 No
Galpin, E.E. [13954] South Africa K001556772 No
Drège [195] South Africa K001556716 No
Cooper, T. [708] Lesotho Tarchonanthus minor K001556760 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa Tarchonanthus minor K001770050 Yes

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