Asteraceae

Erigeron L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 863 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central European Rus, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Algeria, Andaman Is., Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chagos Archipelago, Chatham Is., Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Cyprus, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Fiji, Free State, Gabon, Gilbert Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazan-retto, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Libya, Line Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Palestine, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Society Is., South Australia, South China Sea, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tasmania, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe, Wake I., Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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

  • B.L. Burtt in Kew Bull. 3: 371 (1949).
  • —F.T.A. 3: 307

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.J. Scott in Fl. Mascar. 109: 105 (1993)
  • DC., Prodr. 5: 283 (1836)
  • K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 420 (1994)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 371 (1754)
  • Oliv. & Hiern in F.T.A. 3: 307 (1877)
  • Sp. Pl.: 863 (1753)
  • Wild in Kirkia 10: 34 (1975)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000200667 Yes
Spruce, R. [5758], Ecuador K000200765 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador K000200663 Yes
s.coll. [175], Ecuador K001062004 Yes
Spruce, R. [5758], Ecuador K000200764 Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador Conyza K000200761 Yes
Ash [1701], Ethiopia Conyza 35582.000 No
Ash [1566], Ethiopia Conyza 35715.000 No
Hind, D.J.N. [H50938], Brazil Conyza 58893.000 No

Sources

  • 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 2022. 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 2022. 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