Ambrosia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 987 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New World, Macaronesia, Africa, Madagascar, Medit to Arabian Peninsula.

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

Accepted Species

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?
Prance, G.T. [8306], Brazil K001031217 Yes
Eiten, G. [6121], Brazil K001031218 Yes

Sources

  • 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