Asteraceae

Berkheya Ehrh.

First published in Neues Mag. Aerzte 6: 303 (1784), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Great Britain, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.

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:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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