Sonchus L.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, Chatham Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Congo, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Desventurados Is., Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Free State, Føroyar, Gabon, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand South, Nigeria, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Caroline Is., Chile Central, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Namibia, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Territory, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Réunion, Saskatchewan, Society Is., South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, South Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Wake I., Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Actites Lander in Telopea 1: 130 (1976)
- Agalma Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 33 (1840), not validly publ.
- Atalanthus D.Don in Edinburgh New Philos. J. 6: 311 (1828-1829 publ. 1829)
- Babcockia Boulos in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 35: 64 (1965)
- Chrysoprenanthes (Sch.Bip.) Bramwell in Bot. Macaronés., IV, Ci. 24: 182 (2003)
- Dendroseris D.Don in Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 11: 388 (1832)
- Embergeria Boulos in Suppl. J. M. Black Fl. S. Austral., ed. 2.: 332 (1965)
- Hesperoseris Skottsb. in Nat. Hist. Juan Fernandez 2(6): 788 (1951)
- Kirkianella Allan in Fl. New Zealand 1: 761, 972 (1961)
- Lactucosonchus (Sch.Bip.) Svent. in Index Seminum (Acclim. Pl. Arautapae) 1969: 53 (1969)
- Phoenicoseris (Skottsb.) Skottsb. in Nat. Hist. Juan Fernandez 2(6): 787 (1953)
- × Prenanthenia Svent. in Addit. Fl. Canar. 1: 89 (1960)
- Rea Bertero ex Decne. in Arch. Bot. (Paris) 1: 513 (1833)
- Sonchidium Pomel in Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl.: 6 (1874)
- Sonchoseris Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, sér. 2, 17: 102 (1869), not validly publ.
- × Sonchustenia Svent. in Addit. Fl. Canar. 1: 87 (1960)
- Sventenia Font Quer in Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 2: 201 (1949)
- Taeckholmia Boulos in Bot. Not. 120: 97 (1967), nom. superfl.
- Thamnoseris F.Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 47: 191 (1875)
- Wildpretia U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb. in Vieraea 25: 203 (1997)
Accepted Species
- Sonchus acaulis Dum.Cours.
- Sonchus × aemulus Merino
- Sonchus afromontanus R.E.Fr.
- Sonchus araraticus Nazarova & Barsegyan
- Sonchus arboreus DC.
- Sonchus arvensis L.
- Sonchus asper (L.) Hill
- Sonchus × beltraniae U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb.
- Sonchus berteroanus (Decne.) S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus bipontini Asch.
- Sonchus bornmuelleri Pit.
- Sonchus bourgeaui Sch.Bip.
- Sonchus brachylobus Webb
- Sonchus brachyotus DC.
- Sonchus brassicifolius S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus briquetianus Gand.
- Sonchus bupleuroides (Font Quer) N.Kilian & Greuter
- Sonchus camporum (R.E.Fr.) Boulos ex C.Jeffrey
- Sonchus canariensis (Webb) Boulos
- Sonchus capillaris Svent.
- Sonchus cavanillesii Caball.
- Sonchus congestus Willd.
- Sonchus crassifolius Pourr. ex Willd.
- Sonchus daltonii Webb
- Sonchus dregeanus DC.
- Sonchus erzincanicus V.A.Matthews
- Sonchus esperanzae N.Kilian & Greuter
- Sonchus fauces-orci Knoche
- Sonchus fragilis Ball
- Sonchus friesii Boulos
- Sonchus fruticosus L.f.
- Sonchus gandogeri Pit.
- Sonchus gigas Boulos ex Humbert
- Sonchus gomeraensis Boulos
- Sonchus grandifolius Kirk
- Sonchus gummifer Link
- Sonchus heterophyllus (Boulos) U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb.
- Sonchus hierrensis (Pit.) Boulos
- Sonchus hotha C.B.Clarke
- Sonchus hydrophilus Boulos
- Sonchus integrifolius Harv.
- Sonchus jacottetianus Thell.
- Sonchus jainii Chandrab., V.Chandras. & N.C.Nair
- Sonchus × jaquiniocephalus Svent.
- Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
- Sonchus laceratus (Phil.) S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus latifolius (Lowe) R.Jardim & M.Seq.
- Sonchus leptocephalus Cass.
- Sonchus lidii Boulos
- Sonchus lobatiflorus S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus luxurians (R.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey
- Sonchus macrocarpus Boulos & C.Jeffrey
- Sonchus maculigerus H.Lindb.
- Sonchus malayanus Miq.
- Sonchus marginatus (Bertero ex Decne.) S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus maritimus L.
- Sonchus masguindalii Pau & Font Quer
- Sonchus mauritanicus Boiss. & Reut.
- Sonchus × maynari Svent.
- Sonchus megalocarpus (Hook.f.) J.M.Black
- Sonchus melanolepis Fresen.
- Sonchus micranthus (Bertero ex Decne.) S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus microcarpus (Boulos) U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb.
- Sonchus microcephalus Mejías
- Sonchus nanus Sond. ex Harv.
- Sonchus neriifolius (Decne.) S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus novae-zelandiae (Hook.f.) B.D.Jacks.
- Sonchus × novocastellanus Cirujano
- Sonchus obtusilobus R.E.Fr.
- Sonchus oleraceus L.
- Sonchus ortunoi Svent.
- Sonchus palmensis (Webb) Boulos
- Sonchus palustris L.
- Sonchus parathalassius J.G.Costa ex R.Jardim & M.Seq.
- Sonchus pendulus (Sch.Bip.) Sennikov
- Sonchus phoeniciformis S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus pinnatifidus Cav.
- Sonchus pinnatus Aiton
- Sonchus pitardii Boulos
- Sonchus platylepis Webb & Berthel.
- Sonchus × prudhommei Bouchard
- Sonchus pruinatus (Johow) S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus pustulatus Willk.
- Sonchus radicatus Aiton
- Sonchus regis-jubae Pit.
- Sonchus regius (Skottsb.) S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus × rokosensis Sutorý
- Sonchus × rotundilobus Popov ex Kovalevsk.
- Sonchus × rupicola (Svent.) A.Santos & Mejías
- Sonchus saudensis Boulos
- Sonchus schweinfurthii Oliv. & Hiern
- Sonchus sinuatus S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus sosnowskyi Schchian
- Sonchus splendens S.C.Kim & Mejías
- Sonchus stenophyllus R.E.Fr.
- Sonchus suberosus Zohary & P.H.Davis
- Sonchus sventenii U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb.
- Sonchus tectifolius Svent.
- Sonchus tenerrimus L.
- Sonchus transcaspicus Nevski
- Sonchus tuberifer Svent.
- Sonchus ustulatus Lowe
- Sonchus webbii Sch.Bip.
- Sonchus wightianus DC.
- Sonchus wildpretii U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb.
- Sonchus wilmsii R.E.Fr.
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: 457.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Boulos in Bot. Not.125: 287–319 (1972)
- C. Jeffrey in Kew Bull. 18: 478–482 (1966).
- Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 347 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 2: 793 (1753)
- in Bot. Not. 126: 155–196 (1973)
- in Bot. Not. 127: 7–37, 402–451 (1974).
Flora of Somalia
- Boulos in Bot. Not. 125: 287–305 (1972).
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Boulos, Bot. Notis. 125: 293 (1972)
- C. Jeffrey in K.B. 18: 478 (1966)
- K.Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 189 (1994)
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 347 (1754)
- R.E. Fr. in Acta Horti Berg. 8:92 (1924)
- Sp. Pl.: 793 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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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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 Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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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