Sphenocleaceae

Sphenoclea Gaertn.

First published in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 113 (1788)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Angola

Native to:

Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Louisiana, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 480. Nom. cons.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fruct. 1: 113, t. 24/5 (1788).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baill., Hist. Pl. 8: 327, 361, figs. 158–161 (1886)
  • De Fruct. 1: 113, t. 24/5 (1788)
  • Schönland in E. & P. Pf. IV. 5: 61, fig. 38 (1889), nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1516] K001113312 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1516] K001113317 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 1516] Burma K001113310 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1516] K001113308 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1516] K001113315 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1516] K001113316 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1516] Malaysia K001113307 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1516] K001113313 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1516] K001113311 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1516] India K001113314 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 1516] K001113306 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1516] K001113309 Unknown Type Material Yes

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

  • 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