Ambrosia L.
Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Baleares, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Burkina, California, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Florida, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Mali, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, 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 Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Ethiopia, Finland, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madeira, Manchuria, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New South Wales, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Queensland, Romania, Réunion, Sakhalin, South Australia, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Victoria, West Siberia, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Acanthambrosia Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 33: 22 (1922)
- Franseria Cav. in Icon. 2: 78 (1793), nom. cons.
- Gaertneria Medik. in Philos. Bot. 1: 45 (1789), nom. illeg.
- Hemiambrosia Delpino in Studi Lign. Anemof.: 57 (1871)
- Hemixanthidium Delpino in Studi Lign. Anemof.: 60 (1871)
- Hymenoclea Torr. & A.Gray in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 4(1): 79 (1849)
- Xanthidium Delpino in Studi Lign. Anemof.: 62 (1871), nom. illeg.
Accepted Species
- Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.
- Ambrosia acuminata (Brandegee) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia ambrosioides (Delpino) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia arborescens Mill.
- Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
- Ambrosia artemisioides Meyen & Walp.
- Ambrosia bidentata Michx.
- Ambrosia bryantii (Curran) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia camphorata (Greene) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia canescens A.Gray
- Ambrosia carduacea (Greene) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia chamissonis Greene
- Ambrosia cheiranthifolia A.Gray
- Ambrosia chenopodiifolia (Benth.) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia confertiflora DC.
- Ambrosia cordifolia (A.Gray) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia cumanensis Kunth
- Ambrosia deltoidea (Torr.) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia dentata (Cabrera) M.O.Dillon
- Ambrosia divaricata (Brandegee) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia dumosa (A.Gray) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia eriocentra (A.Gray) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia flexuosa (A.Gray) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia grayi (A.Nelson) Shinners
- Ambrosia × helenae Rouleau
- Ambrosia hispida Pursh
- Ambrosia humi León de la Luz & Rebman
- Ambrosia ilicifolia (A.Gray) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia × intergradiens W.H.Wagner
- Ambrosia johnstoniorum Henrickson
- Ambrosia linearis (Rydb.) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia magdalenae (Brandegee) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia maritima L.
- Ambrosia microcephala DC.
- Ambrosia monogyra (Torr. & A.Gray) Strother & B.G.Baldwin
- Ambrosia nivea (B.L.Rob. & Fernald) W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia pannosa W.W.Payne
- Ambrosia × platyspina (Seaman) Strother & B.G.Baldwin
- Ambrosia polystachya DC.
- Ambrosia porcheri P.D.McMillan & L.Prevost
- Ambrosia psilostachya DC.
- Ambrosia pumila (Nutt.) A.Gray
- Ambrosia salsola (Torr. & A.Gray) Strother & B.G.Baldwin
- Ambrosia sandersonii S.L.Welsh
- Ambrosia scabra Hook. & Arn.
- Ambrosia tenuifolia Spreng.
- Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.
- Ambrosia trifida L.
- Ambrosia velutina O.E.Schulz
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: 370.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Sp. Pl.: 987 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Prance, G.T. [8306], Brazil | K001031217 | Yes | |||
Eiten, G. [6121], Brazil | K001031218 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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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