Berkheya Ehrh.
First published in Neues Mag. Aerzte 6: 303 (1784)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa.
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Great Britain, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Apuleja Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 439 (1791), nom. rej.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Agriphyllum Juss. in Gen. Pl.: 190 (1789)
- Arelina Neck. in Elem. Bot. 1: 83 (1790), not validly publ.
- Crocodilodes Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 127 (1763)
- Evopis Cass. in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 32 (1818)
- Rohria Vahl in Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 1(2): 15 (1791), nom. illeg.
- Stephanocoma Less. in Syn. Gen. Compos.: 56 (1832)
- Stobaea Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 141 (1800)
Accepted Species
- Berkheya acanthopoda (DC.) Roessler
- Berkheya angolensis O.Hoffm.
- Berkheya angusta Schltr.
- Berkheya angustifolia (Houtt.) Merr.
- Berkheya annectens Harv.
- Berkheya armata Druce
- Berkheya barbata (L.f.) Hutch.
- Berkheya bergiana Soderb.
- Berkheya bipinnatifida (Harv.) Roessler
- Berkheya buphthalmoides Schltr.
- Berkheya caffra MacOwan
- Berkheya canescens DC.
- Berkheya cardopatifolia (DC.) Roessler
- Berkheya carduoides (Less.) Hutch.
- Berkheya carlinifolia (DC.) Roessler
- Berkheya carlinoides Willd.
- Berkheya carlinopsis Welw. ex O.Hoffm.
- Berkheya chamaepeuce (S.Moore) Roessler
- Berkheya chiesiana Chiov.
- Berkheya chrysanthemoides J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Berkheya cirsiifolia (DC.) Roessler
- Berkheya coddii Roessler
- Berkheya coriacea Harv.
- Berkheya cruciata Willd.
- Berkheya cuneata Willd.
- Berkheya debilis MacOwan
- Berkheya decurrens (Thunb.) Willd.
- Berkheya densifolia Bohnen ex Roessler
- Berkheya discolor (DC.) O.Hoffm. & Muschl.
- Berkheya draco Roessler
- Berkheya dregei Harv.
- Berkheya dumicola N.G.Bergh & Helme
- Berkheya echinacea (Harv.) Burtt Davy
- Berkheya eriobasis (DC.) Roessler
- Berkheya erysithales (DC.) Roessler
- Berkheya ferox O.Hoffm.
- Berkheya francisci Bolus
- Berkheya fruticosa Ehrh.
- Berkheya glabrata (Thunb.) Fourc.
- Berkheya griquana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Berkheya herbacea Druce
- Berkheya heterophylla O.Hoffm.
- Berkheya insignis Thell.
- Berkheya jardineana J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Berkheya johnstoniana Britten
- Berkheya latifolia J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans
- Berkheya leucaugeta Hilliard
- Berkheya macrocephala J.M.Wood
- Berkheya maritima J.M.Wood
- Berkheya mckenii (Harv.) Rössler
- Berkheya milleriana Bolus
- Berkheya montana J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans
- Berkheya multijuga (DC.) Roessler
- Berkheya nivea N.E.Br.
- Berkheya onobromoides O.Hoffm. & Muschl.
- Berkheya onopordifolia (DC.) Burtt Davy
- Berkheya pannosa Hilliard
- Berkheya pauciflora Roessler
- Berkheya pinnatifida (Thunb.) Thell.
- Berkheya purpurea (DC.) Mast.
- Berkheya radula (Harv.) De Wild.
- Berkheya radyeri Roessler
- Berkheya rhapontica (DC.) Hutch. & Burtt Davy
- Berkheya rigida (Thunb.) Bolus & Wolley-Dod ex Levyns
- Berkheya robusta Bohnen ex Roessler
- Berkheya rosulata Roessler
- Berkheya seminivea Harv.
- Berkheya setifera DC.
- Berkheya speciosa O.Hoffm.
- Berkheya spekeana Oliv.
- Berkheya sphaerocephala (DC.) Roessler
- Berkheya spinosa Druce
- Berkheya spinosissima Willd.
- Berkheya subulata Harv.
- Berkheya tysonii Hutch.
- Berkheya umbellata DC.
- Berkheya viscosa Hutch.
- Berkheya welwitschii O.Hoffm.
- Berkheya zeyheri Harv. & Sond.
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: 428. Nom. cons.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Beitr. 3: 137 (1788), nom. conserv.
- Roessler in Mitt. Bot. Staatss. Münch. 3: 104 (1959)
- in Kirkia 10: 74–86 (1975).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Beitr. 3: 137 (1788)
- Roessler in Mitt. Bot. Staats., München 3: 104 (1959), nom. conserv .
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| Carvalho, A.M. [2332], Rio de Janeiro | Apuleja | K000835072 | Yes | ||
| Sello [s.n.], Brazil | Apuleja | K000835074 | Yes | ||
| Prance, G.T. [7776], Acre | Apuleja | K000835047 | Yes | ||
| Santos, F.S. [493], Bahia | Apuleja | K000835078 | Yes | ||
| Heringer, E.P. [1184], Brazil | Apuleja | K000835065 | Yes | ||
| Hatschbach, G. [59234], Paraná | Apuleja | K000835079 | Yes | ||
| Sello [s.n.], Brazil | Apuleja | K000835075 | Yes | ||
| Glaziou [1568], Rio de Janeiro | Apuleja | K000835076 | Yes | ||
| Laurênio, A. [365], Pernambuco | Apuleja | K000835055 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- 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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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images