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:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

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

  • 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 Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0