Asteraceae
Vicoa

Vicoa indica (L.) DC.

First published in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 10 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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].

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Pentanema indicum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • 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].

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Keay, R.W.J. [25636], Nigeria 12318.000 No
Kotschy [60], Sudan Pentanema indicum K000415327 Yes
Kotschy [60], Sudan Pentanema indicum K000415328 Yes
Kotschy [108], Sudan Pentanema indicum K000415329 Yes
Hamilton, F. [2964], India Pentanema indicum K000974588 Yes
Wight, R. [1410], India Pentanema indicum K000974589 Yes
Hunter, A. [s.n.], Tamil Nadu Pentanema indicum K000974591 Yes
Lambert [s.n.], India Pentanema indicum K000974592 Yes
Wight, R. [1410], India Pentanema indicum K000974586 Yes
Wight, R. [1410], India Pentanema indicum K000974587 Yes
Madden, E. [s.n.], Uttar Pradesh Pentanema indicum K000974590 Yes
Wallich, N. [2974], Nepal Pentanema indicum K000974593 holotype Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.], India Pentanema indicum K000974585 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2966], Myanmar Inula appendiculata K001118296 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2966], Myanmar Inula appendiculata K001118297 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2966], Myanmar Inula appendiculata K001118295 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2964], India Inula indica K001118285 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2964] Inula indica K001118288 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2964] Inula indica K001118290 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2964] Inula indica K001118287 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2964] Inula indica K001118289 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2964], Nepal Inula indica K001118293 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2964], India Inula indica K001118292 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2964] Inula indica K001118291 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2964], India Inula indica K001118286 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 2965], India Inula auriculata K001118294 Yes
Parsa, A. [254], Iran Erigeron sanguineus K000884993 Yes

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2023. 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 2023. 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