Asteraceae

Ageratina Spach

First published in Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 286 (1841)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New World.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bolivia, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Introduced into:

Algeria, Angola, Assam, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bermuda, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, France, Germany, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Jawa, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Malaya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nepal, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Society Is., South Australia, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Victoria, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hist. Nat. Veg. Phan. 10: 286. 1841
  • R.M. King & H. Rob., Genera of the Eupatorieae: 42 (1987)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Tetlow, S.; Naylor, C. [s.n.] Peru K003178906 Yes
Haught, O.L. [5684] Colombia K003132731 Yes
Galiano, W.; Huamantupa, I.; Nuñez, P. [6441] Peru K001890972 No
Rodriguez, D. ; Galan, O. ; Magana, F. ; Martinez, E. [5097] El Salvador K001553031 Yes
Cerón, C.E.; Gallo, N. [19492] Ecuador K003178904 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Zambrano, L.; Velasquez, A.; Velasquez, L.; et al. [16268] Ecuador K003178907 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B. [14034] United States K001079934 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K003132350 Yes
Green, E.L. [s.n.] United States K001079935 Unknown Type Material Yes
Galiano, W.; Huamantupa, I.; Carazas, A.; Nunez, P.; Zuñiga, M. [6332] Peru K003178905 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [8764] Mexico Piptothrix K000500271 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • '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.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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