Crepis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 805 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical Northern Hemisphere to Tropical African Mountains.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Arizona, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Magadan, Malawi, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Mexico, Nigeria, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Bolivia, Chatham Is., Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, Florida, Georgia, Greenland, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Juan Fernández Is., Kentucky, Labrador, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Peru, Québec, Rhode I., South Australia, South Carolina, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Babcock in Univ. Calif. Publ. 22 (1947).
  • —F.T.A. 3: 448

Flora of Iraq

  • - (1949). Evolution 3: 374–376.
  • - (1949). Supplementary Notes on Crepis, 1. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique Nord 20 : 9–19.
  • - (1950). Evolution. 4: 358–359.
  • - (1951). Kew Bull. 6: 411–417.
  • - (1951). Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 23: 383–404 (1951).
  • - (1952). Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 26 : 213–222.
  • Babcock, E. B. 1947. The genus Crepis. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 21-22: 1–197 (Part 1 – The taxonomy, phylogeny, distribution and evolution of Crepis) 199–1030 (Part 2 – Systematic treatment).
  • Frances G. Davies & C. C. Townsend (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing
  • L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 350 (1754)
  • Lack in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 136 [2006] (2007)
  • Sp. Pl.: 805 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Babcock, The Genus Crepis [Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot,2122: 1–1030 (1947)].
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bull. 18: 457–462 (1966).
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 350 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 805 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Babcock in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 21, 22 (1947).
  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Babc., the genus Crepis, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 21–22: 1 (1947)
  • K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 180 (1994)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 350 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 805 (1753)

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • 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
  • 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