Gomphocarpus R.Br.

First published in Asclepiadeae: 26 (1810)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa to Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Palestine, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Canary Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Cook Is., Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Italy, Jamaica, Jawa, Kermadec Is., Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Madeira, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Niger, Norfolk Is., Panamá, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Sardegna, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Society Is., South Australia, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Suriname, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Yugoslavia

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Goyder & Nicholas in Kew Bull. 56: 769–836 (2001).
  • R. Br., On the Asclepiadeae: 26 (1810).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by D. Goyder [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Goyder & Nicholas in Kew Bull. 56: 769–836 (2001).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • K.B. 56: 769–836 (2001)
  • On the Asclepiadeae: 26 (1810)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132416 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • 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/
  • 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 2022 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 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0