Asteraceae

Guizotia Cass.

First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 59: 237, 247-248 (1829)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, California, Canary Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, Florida, France, Great Britain, Illinois, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Michigan, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New South Wales, New York, Northern Provinces, Ohio, Ontario, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Queensland, Réunion, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tunisia, Ukraine, Virginia, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

  • Ramtilla DC. in Arch. Bot. (Paris) 2: 518 (1833)
  • Veslingia Vis. in Nuovi Saggi Imp. Regia Accad. Sci. Padova 5: 269 (1840), nom. illeg.

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: 384. Nom. cons.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J.Baagøe in Bot. Tidsskr. 69: 1–39 (1974)
  • in Dict. Sci. Nat. 59: 237, 247, 248 (1829), nom. cons .

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 3, 1974 Schimper [1504] Ethiopia K000410555 Type Yes
Jan 3, 1974 Schimper [1504] Ethiopia K000410556 Type Yes
Feb 22, 1973 [illegible] [207] K000410554 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aweke, G.; Gilbert, M.G. [993] Ethiopia K003036588 Yes
Mrs. D. MacIntosh [137] Sudan K003036590 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [FHI 62480] Nigeria K003036348 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Vollesen, K.B. [3789] Ethiopia K003036589 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • 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