Asteraceae

Gnaphalium L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 850 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temperate & Subtropical.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina South, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hainan, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Madagascar, Magadan, Maine, Malaya, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Australia, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bolivia, Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic 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 West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 341.

Flora of Iraq

  • Grierson, A.J.C. (1971). The identity of Gnaphalium indicum L. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31: 138.
  • Hilliard, O.M. (1981). Some generic concepts in Compositae-Gnaphaliinae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82(3): 181–232 [Gnaphalium 190–193].
  • L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 368 (1754)
  • L. Sp. Pl.: 850 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Anderb. in Opera Bot. 104: 167 (1991)
  • Hilliard in J.L.S. 82: 267-292 (1981)
  • L., Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 368 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 850 (1753)
  • in K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 358 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1985 Marloth, R. [1004] South Africa K000274310 Type Yes
Churchill, G.C. [s.n.] Austria K002393088 Yes
King, R.M.; Bishop, L.E. [7412] Bolivia K002297277 Yes
Sharpe, J.E. [88] Peru K002392679 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [5183] Ecuador K002297261 Yes
Spruce, R. [6277] Ecuador K000200699 Unknown Type Material Yes
André, É. [3924] Ecuador K002297284 Yes
[G. Moritz] [s.n.] Venezuela K002392691 Yes
Skvortzov, B. [2] Brazil K001107731 Yes
{Bernardi} [10781] Venezuela K002392687 Yes
Hall [s.n.] Colombia K002392638 Yes
Salasoo, H. [s.n.] Estonia K002393107 Yes
Evrard, F. [2124] Vietnam K002391576 Yes
Davis; Bokhari [(D56382)] Iran K002870798 Yes
Macgregor, D. [28] China K002870899 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Peru K002392671 Yes
{Bernardi} [10779] Venezuela K002392686 Yes
Spruce, R. [6276] Brazil K001058971 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20914] Laos K002391577 Yes
Badcock [555] Bolivia K002297273 Yes
Stein, A. [s.n.] K002870822 Yes
Schimper [1179] Ethiopia K000274301 Unknown Type Material Yes
Savatier, L. [1309] Peru K002392667 Yes
Thurn, E.F.I. [250] Guyana K001107726 Yes
Forrest, G. [22390] China K002870834 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2933] K001129381 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hanbury-Tracy, J. [605] Colombia K002392653 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002392633 Yes
Hiep, N.T.; Averyanov, L.V.; Thehal, P.V. [9578] Vietnam K002391575 Yes
{Gaerlan; Sagcal; Fernando} [3191] Philippines K002391598 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [20932] China K002870827 No
Pennell, F.W. [13484] Peru K002392664 Yes
King, R.M.; Bishop, L.E. [7548] Bolivia K002297275 Yes
Crubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B.; Fernández Pérez, A. [368] Colombia K002392639 Yes
Holton, I.F. [s.n.] Colombia K002392637 Yes
Taquet [982] K002870902 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Czech Republic K002393103 Yes
[illegible] [87] Peru K002392673 Yes
Saville, D. [106] Austria K002393086 Yes
Triana, J. [1437] Colombia K002392647 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [26976A] India K001045932 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J.; Mora, L.E. [26945] Colombia K002297279 Yes
Gander, H. [s.n.] Austria K002393094 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002870733 Yes
Ganders, F.R. [s.n.] Austria K002393089 Yes
Rydberg, P.A.; Bessey, E.A. [5134] United States K000978296 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002870734 Yes
Sandeman, C.A.W. [3862] Peru K002392685 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2948] K001118248 Unknown Type Material Yes
Compton, R.H.; Lyon, R. [86] Peru K002297295 Yes
André, É. [2226] Ecuador K002297282 Yes
Skvortzov, B.; Coleman, J. [4] Brazil K001107730 Yes
Argent, G.; et al. Philippines K001574593 Yes
Badcock, W.J. [301] Bolivia K002297274 Yes
Macgregor, D. [28] China K002870900 No
Savatier, L. [s.n.] Peru K002297298 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Peru K002297263 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K002870732 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3103] Madagascar K002392141 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M.; Hatschbach, G. [14509] Brazil K001107720 Yes
{Lechler} [1993] Peru K002392672 Yes
Cowdry, N.H. [122] China K000978267 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000200827 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [1205] Ethiopia K:SPC-35642.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001770462 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M. [8003] Uzbekistan K001870536 Yes
Simaga, J.H. [834] Papua New Guinea K001769733 Yes
Simons [39] India K002639201 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] Canada K001770437 Yes
Castroviejo, S. [17233SC] Tanzania K001609635 Yes
André, É. [2815] Ecuador K002392657 Yes
Strang, H. [783] Brazil K001107719 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K000978273 Unknown Type Material Yes
Crubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B.; Fernández Pérez, A. [761] Colombia K002392640 Yes
s.coll. [12] China K002870826 Yes
Lloyd, J.R.; Marshall, J.K. [184] Peru K002392675 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K002870731 Yes
Forrest, G. [22232] China K002870839 Yes
Lechler, W. [1838] Peru K000500338 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Viscarra, J.; Remy, F. [1524] Bolivia K000295161 No
Stein, A. [s.n.] K002870823 Yes
Price, W.R. [s.n.] Denmark K002393106 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1299] Yemen K002870800 Yes
Savatier, P.A.L. [s.n.] Peru K002297299 Yes
Madulid, D.A. [3123] Philippines K002391599 Yes
Sandeman, C.A.W. [50] Peru K002392678 Yes
Copeland, E.B. [3211] United States K000978293 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pennell, F.W. [10586] Colombia K002392651 Yes
Taquet [979] K002870903 No
Airy Shaw, H.K. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002870730 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [5447] Argentina K002392857 Yes
Smith, S.G. [1306] Colombia K002392631 Yes
Triana, J. [1436] Colombia K002392648 Yes
Smith, L.B. [14789] Brazil K001107721 Yes
Volak, J. [s.n.] Czech Republic K002393105 Yes
Burchell [2904] Brazil K001107715 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [34579] India K001045933 Yes
[Luis Mille S. F.] [508] Ecuador K002297260 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [1134] Ecuador K002392660 Yes
Burchell [4683] Brazil K001107717 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J.; Echeverry E, R. [27648] Colombia K002392643 Yes
s.coll. [3666] China K002870832 Yes
Rawdon, P.A. [102] Spain K002870735 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Llyod, J.R.; Pennington, T.D.; Whitmore, T.C. [663] Ecuador K002392655 Yes
{Hooker} [s.n.] Venezuela K002392690 Yes
Forrest, G. [7191] China K002870838 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [W 2880] United Kingdom K002870723 Yes
Spruce, R. [5885] Ecuador K000200829 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Peru K000500339 Unknown Type Material Yes
Compton, R.H.; Lyon, R. [54] Peru K002297294 Yes
Jacobs, M. [7214] Philippines K002391600 Yes
Stafford, D. [506] Peru K002392681 Yes
André, É. [2226] Ecuador K002297283 Yes
Wight, R.; Noton, B. [Cat. no. 2940] India K001118234 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, C. [s.n.] Australia K000899156 Unknown Type Material Yes
Link, H.G. [s.n.] Argentina K001107722 Yes
Chung, H.H. [1401] China K002870901 No
Vargas, C. [9812] Peru K002392674 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [6487] Ecuador K002297262 Yes
Ewan, J.A. [16950] Venezuela K002392692 Yes
Skvortzov, B.; Coleman, J. [5] Brazil K001107732 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [24921] Bolivia K002297272 Yes
{Hooker} [s.n.] Colombia K002392634 Yes
Blackburn, J. [s.n.] Madagascar K000274306 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mclaren, H.D.; Lord Aberconway [[Mc/L /L 127]] China K002870837 Yes
{C. F. van Beusekom; Phengklai, C.} [2369] Thailand K002391579 Yes
Whiting, M.M. [s.n.] China K002870825 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000200834 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [s.n.] Argentina K002392701 Yes
André, É. [621] Ecuador K002297292 Yes
Schneider, C. [2523] China K002870841 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [59267] Brazil K001107728 Yes
Rambo, B. [48982] Brazil K001107727 Yes
Spruce, R. [5807] Ecuador K000200700 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sandeman, C.A.W. [82] Peru K002392677 Yes
Ganders, F.R. [s.n.] Austria K002393093 Yes
{Bernardi} [10781 ] Venezuela K002392688 Yes
[M. Zorac] [242] Armenia K002870744 Yes
Kurz, S. [2254] Burma K001045934 Syntype Yes
Baron, R. [6272] Madagascar K002392139 Yes
Hooker, W.J. [s.n.] Peru K002297304 Yes
Pennell, F.W. [3008] Colombia K002392650 Yes
Worth, C.R.; Morrison, J.L. [15722] Peru K002297301 Yes
Edwards, P.J. [22] Ecuador K002392662 Yes
Croat, T.B.; Sizemore, M. [82016] Peru K002297297 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [5232] Colombia K000500343 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2951] India K001118254 Unknown Type Material Yes
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [2654] Albania K002393085 Yes
Glaziou, A. [4857] Brazil K001107716 Yes
Pennell, F.W. [13459] Peru K002392683 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Lloyd, J.R.; Pennington, T.D.; Whitmore, T.C. [506] Ecuador K002392654 Yes
Smith, H. [604] United States K002297257 Yes
Edwards, P.J. [110] Ecuador K002392663 Yes
s.coll. [1383] China K002870833 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K002297258 Yes
Hanbury-Tracy, J. [614] Colombia K002392652 Yes
André, É. [K1204] Ecuador K002297285 Yes
André, É. [555] Ecuador K002297287 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Mauritius K002392138 Yes
Cazalet, P.C.D.; Pennington, T.D. [5521] Ecuador K002297288 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] Austria K002393095 Yes
Pennell, F.W. [2044] Colombia K002392649 Yes
Schomburgk [715/1077B] Guyana K001107725 Yes
s.coll. [32] Colombia K002392629 Yes
Savatier, P.A.L. [s.n.] Peru K002392670 Yes
Pichler, R.A. [s.n.] Croatia K002393102 Yes
Kalbreyer, W. [764] Colombia K002392644 Yes
s.coll. [511] Brazil K001107724 Yes
Leeman [670] Ecuador K002297259 Yes
Cabrera, A.L.; Ancibor, E.; Ré, R.R.; Tello, H.; Torres, A. [15265] Argentina K000500404 Type Yes
Leemann [7081] Ecuador K002297280 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [s.n.] Colombia K002392646 Yes
Steinbach, J. [9780] Bolivia K002297271 Yes
Volkens, G. [1126] Tanzania K000274303 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [[9560]] Ecuador K002297281 Yes
André, É. [3924] Ecuador K002392656 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002392645 Yes
{G. Argent, M. Mendum & Hendrian} [0072] Indonesia K002391594 Yes
Burchell [2904] Brazil K001107713 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [886] Ecuador K002392661 Yes
Pentland [[175258]] Bolivia K002297278 Yes
Rein; von Fritsch, K. [291] Morocco K000274296 Type Yes
Mandon, G. [153] Bolivia K002297276 Yes
Savatier, L. [s.n.] Peru K002392665 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001107718 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20913] Laos K002391578 Yes
Müller, F. [1294] Mexico K000500359 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R.; Noton, B. [Cat. no. 2940] India K001118233 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lloyd, J.R.; Marshall, J.K. [239] Peru K002392684 Yes
Huter, R. [s.n.] Austria K002393087 Yes
[G. S. Feef] [s.n.] Austria K002393091 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [214] China K002870829 Yes
Khan, S.; Prance, G.T.; Ratcliffe, D. [618] Türkiye K002870799 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [2813] Egypt K002870802 Yes
Savatier, P.A.L. [s.n.] Peru K002392669 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002392636 Yes
Sandeman, C. [43] Peru K002297264 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002392632 Yes
Schimper [175] Ethiopia K000274299 Type Yes
Schimper [175] Ethiopia K000274300 Lectotype Yes
Heller, A.A. [5708] United States K000978295 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [6279] Ecuador K000200698 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Hungo] [s.n.] Colombia K002392630 Yes
Podpera, J. [s.n.] Czech Republic K002393104 Yes
Sandeman, C. [3923] Peru K002297296 Yes
Pávai, C. [s.n.] Austria K002393092 Yes
Delavay (Abbé) [6906] China K002870835 Yes
Glaziou, A. [4857] Brazil K001107714 Yes
s.coll. [311] China K002870831 Yes
Sandeman, C.A.W. [4011] Peru K002392676 Yes
Savatier, L. [558] Peru K002392668 Yes
Jameson, W. [185] Ecuador K002297303 Yes
Glaziou [12046/b] Brazil K001107723 Yes
{Hooker} [s.n.] Colombia K002392635 Yes
Pennell, F. [2249] Colombia K002297293 Yes
André, É. [K1203] Ecuador K002297286 Yes
Savatier, P.A.L. [133[5]] Peru K002297300 Yes
Ramsay, P.; Merrow-Smith, P. [283] Ecuador K002392659 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.] Switzerland K002870736 Yes
Cazalet, P.C.D.; Pennington, T.D. [5521] Ecuador K002297289 Yes
Linden, I. [481] Venezuela K002392693 Yes
[A. Orbigny] [1368] Bolivia K002297240 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2932] K001129382 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jacobs, M. [7213] Philippines K002391601 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [25210] Bolivia K002297256 Yes
Balls, E.K. [B5837] Ecuador K002297290 Yes
Schimper [175] Ethiopia K000274302 Isolectotype Yes
Pennell, F.W.; Killip, E.P. [6642] Colombia K002392628 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [24852] Bolivia K002297270 Yes
Skvortzov, B.; Coleman, J. [3] Brazil K001107729 Yes
Crubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B.; Fernández Pérez, A. [371] Colombia K002392641 Yes
Skvortzov, B. [1] Brazil K001107733 Yes
Henry, A. [9961] China K002870830 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Venezuela K002392689 Yes
Ali, Z. [4705] Pakistan K002870801 Yes
Macgregor, D. [s.n.] China K002870898 No
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A. [22147] Peru K002297302 Yes
s.coll. [04572] Peru K002392682 Yes
Forrest, G. [15180] China K002870840 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3102] Madagascar K002392140 Yes
Dale, A. [H2467] Austria K002393090 Yes
Savatier, L. [s.n.] Peru K002392666 Yes
Stafford, D. [616] Peru K002392680 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [6480] Ecuador K002392658 Yes
s.coll. [1694] China K002870824 Yes
Monbeig [s.n.] China K002870836 Yes
Barclay, A.S.; Schultes, R.E.; Fernández Pérez, A. [60] Colombia K002392642 Yes

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