Asteraceae

Sphagneticola O.Hoffm.

First published in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 36 (1900)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Asia, Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Central American Pacific Is., China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Malaya, Manchuria, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bahamas, Benin, Caroline Is., Christmas I., Comoros, Florida, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Italy, Madeira, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Queensland, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South China Sea, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Western Australia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0