Apiaceae

Centella L.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1393 (1763)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Jersey, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Ascension, Bermuda, Chagos Archipelago, Cook Is., Hawaii, Marquesas, Niue, Norfolk Is., Ohio, Oregon, Seychelles, Society Is., St.Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Tubuai Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1393 (1763).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 6: 485 (1764).
  • Sp. Pl, ed. 2, 2: 1393 (1763)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 6: 485 (1764)
  • Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 1393 (1763)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Esterhuysen, E.E. [30703] South Africa K002581375 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [2217] South Africa K002581344 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [6548] Hong Kong K002580197 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4383] K002580897 Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Australia K002581510 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; George, A.S.; Oliver, E.G.H. [21388] Australia K002581498 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4240] South Africa K002581367 Yes
[s.n.] K000310457 Type Yes
s.coll. [444] Australia K002581543 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [13054] South Africa K002581361 Yes
Strid, Å. [21034] Australia K002581492 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [23160] South Africa K002580895 Yes
[2179] South Africa K000310385 Isotype Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [29492] South Africa K002581380 Yes
[K. G. S] [s.n.] Australia K002581506 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4392] South Africa K002581348 Yes
Helms, R. [s.n.] Australia K002581504 Yes
[Ocof] [s.n.] Australia K002581517 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [7304] Hong Kong K002580192 Yes
[Mart] [15] K002581356 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [12008] Hong Kong K002580193 Yes
Maiden, J.H. [52508] Australia K002581512 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4387] South Africa K002581342 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [20,646] South Africa K002581379 Yes
Sillitoe, P.; Sillitoe, J. [34] K002580363 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4240] South Africa K002581370 Yes
Parker, R.N. [3484] South Africa K002581357 Yes
s.coll. [9057] Australia K002581532 Yes
George, A.S. [6055] Australia K002581461 Yes
Hanbury-Tracy, J. [420] Colombia K002581469 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [21,017] South Africa K002581377 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [19031] South Africa K002581374 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [21,065] South Africa K002581339 Yes
Baster; [E. C. Z] [s.n.] Australia K002581490 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [27218] South Africa K002581362 Yes
George, A.S. [7206] Australia K002581505 Yes
s.coll. [1104] China K002580184 Yes
van Royen, P. [11692] Papua New Guinea K002580361 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4246] South Africa K002581349 Yes
Brown, R. [4526] Australia K002581544 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [20,861] South Africa K002581376 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4387] South Africa K002581341 Yes
{H.; et al. } [10683] Mexico K001134191 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hong Kong K002580194 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4393] South Africa K002581350 Yes
McKee, H.S. [27956] New Caledonia K002580462 Yes
Eichler, Hj. [22945] South Africa K001890986 No
Eichler, Hj. [22940] South Africa K001890987 No
Eichler, Hj. [22947] South Africa K001890983 No
Eichler, Hj. [22935] South Africa K001890984 No
s.coll. [445] Australia K002581530 Yes
Willis, J.H. [s.n.] Australia K002581514 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [21951] South Africa K002581334 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3247] South Africa K002580907 Yes
Stephens, E.L. [7337] South Africa K002581381 Yes
Melville, R. [4434B] Australia K002581494 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [7285] South Africa K002580905 Yes
Helms, R. [s.n.] Australia K002581520 Yes
[D. Tappe] [s.n.] K002581355 Yes
Drummond, J. [228] Australia K002581550 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002580901 Yes
Grant [8059] Australia K002581539 Yes
Lorna, F.; Ferguson, I.K. [2307] Spain K002581463 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K002581540 Yes
Schubert, B.G.; [el u Wyk] [39] South Africa K002581333 Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Australia K002581518 Yes
Fox, J.M. [88/262] Australia K002581507 Yes
Kairo, A. [77] Papua New Guinea K002580362 Yes
Wilson, P.G. [4297] Australia K002581509 Yes
s.coll. [448] Australia K002581536 Yes
Helms, R. [s.n.] Australia K002581515 Yes
[C.B. L.]; Prior, A. [s.n.] K002581358 Yes
Marsh, J.A. [639] South Africa K002580911 Yes
{St. Collie} [s.n.] Australia K002581502 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4264] South Africa K002581351 Yes
Gardner, C.A. [9512] Australia K002581460 Yes
Yao, K. [9214] China K002580186 Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [9867] South Africa K002580902 Yes
Goadby, B.T. [[96]] Australia K002581501 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4246] South Africa K002581352 Yes
Zehyer [2663] K002580894 Yes
Morrison, A. [8058] Australia K002581533 Yes
s.coll. [443] Australia K002581547 Yes
R.M.L. [5897] Australia K002581519 Yes
Harvey, W.H. [s.n.] Australia K002581524 Yes
Brown, R. [4525] Australia K002581499 Yes
{Baster} [s.n.] Australia K002581516 Yes
s.coll. [446] Australia K002581531 Yes
{Drummond} [s.n.] Australia K002581523 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K002581538 Yes
[9444] South Africa K000310455 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Australia K002581522 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [33949] South Africa K002581366 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [7285] South Africa K002580900 Yes
Parker, R.N. [4497] South Africa K002580908 Yes
s.coll. [450] Australia K002581535 Yes
Rehmann, A. [2457] K002580903 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4240] South Africa K002581368 Yes
[W. L. G. Van Rensburg] [[2628]] South Africa K002580892 Yes
Cunningham, A. [167] Australia K002581491 Yes
[C. B. S.]; Prior, A. [s.n.] K002581359 Yes
Henry, A. [1918] Taiwan K002580188 Yes
Hellwig, F. [633] Indonesia K002580360 Yes
Koch, M. [1954] Australia K002581541 Yes
Pritzel, E.G. [147] Australia K002581542 Yes
s.coll. [73] China K002580185 Yes
[C. B. S.] [s.n.] K002580904 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [6065] Hong Kong K002580189 Yes
Bayliss, R.D.A. [BS 6182] South Africa K002581378 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4240] South Africa K002581371 Yes
DuPuy, D.J.; Labat, J.N.; Andriantiana, J. [M645] Madagascar K002580802 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hong Kong K002580199 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K002581528 Yes
Boucher, C. [564] South Africa K002581338 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4240] South Africa K002581369 Yes
Gardner, C.A. [s.n.] Australia K002581459 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [21,014] South Africa K002581340 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4241] South Africa K002581372 Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Australia K002581548 Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Australia K002581521 Yes
Cochrane, J.A.; Gilovitz, C. [JAC7201] Australia K002581489 Yes
Eichler, H. [20100] Australia K002581495 Yes
Brown, R. [[4]] K002581551 Yes
Cai, L. [474] China K002580183 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4383] South Africa K002580898 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [11869] Hong Kong K002580198 Yes
Bauer, B. [s.n.] Australia K002581511 Yes
s.coll. [449] Australia K002581534 Yes
Van Wilgen, B. [144] South Africa K002580910 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [0034] Hong Kong K002580190 Yes
Haber, W.A. [11414] Costa Rica K002581400 Yes
Drummond, J. [36] Australia K002581552 Yes
s.coll. [399] Australia K002581526 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [[70/194]] South Africa K002580899 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [6630] Hong Kong K002580196 Yes
[2168] South Africa K000310342 Isotype Yes
[C. B. S.]; Prior, A. [s.n.] K002581360 Yes
Sterton, C.H. [10944] South Africa K002581353 Yes
s.coll. [447] Australia K002581546 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [6829] Hong Kong K002580195 Yes
Jackson, S.W. [52506] Australia K002581549 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4251] South Africa K002581343 Yes
Drège, J.F. [s.n.] K002580893 Yes
Schubert; [el u Wyk] [39] South Africa K002581332 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [29301] South Africa K002581363 Yes
Greuter, W. [18103] Australia K002581508 Yes
{Drummond} [93] Australia K002581527 Yes
Humbert, H. [9887] South Africa K002581354 Yes
[N. T. van Berkel] [NVB1011] South Africa K002580891 Yes
Maiden, J.H. [52507] Australia K002581513 Yes
Boucher, C. [1225] South Africa K002580909 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4405] South Africa K002581346 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [30703] South Africa K002581364 No
{Drummond} [s.n.] Australia K002581529 Yes
Taylor, H.C. [5087] South Africa K002581373 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4406] South Africa K002581347 Yes
s.coll. [6004] Australia K002581545 Yes
Brown, R. [446] Australia K002581500 Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Australia K002581497 Yes
s.coll. [10049] Australia K002581537 Yes
Adamson, R.S. [4405] South Africa K002581345 Yes
Tanaka, T.; Shimada, Y. [s.n.] Taiwan K002580187 Yes
Bernoulli, G. [289] Guatemala K002581468 Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F. [71234] Australia K002581493 Yes

Sources

  • 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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • 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 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