Zygophyllaceae

Tribulus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 386 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Angola, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guinea, Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, Howland-Baker Is., Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Line Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Phoenix Is., Portugal, Qinghai, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Wake I., West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Aldabra, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Cayman Is., Chile North, Colombia, Colorado, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Réunion, South Carolina, South Dakota, St.Helena, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Washington, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 283.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 183 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 386 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engler in E. & P. Pf., ed. 2, 19a: 174-177 (1931)
  • Hadidi in Taeckholmia 9: 59-66 (1978)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 183 (1754)
  • Schweickerdt in Bothalia 3: 159-178 (1937)
  • Sp. Pl.: 386 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 27, 1976 Ehrenberg, C.G. [s.n.] Sudan K000417025 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [14077] Greece K004588293 Yes
Harris, G.W. [365] Greece K001082174 Yes
Scarth-Johnson, V. [20] Australia K004589044 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [515] K004588298 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [677] Australia K004589027 Yes
Price, W.R. [1005] Cyprus K004588322 Yes
Symon, D.E. [2613] Australia K004589072 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [8585] Australia K004589066 Yes
Casey, E.C. [83] Cyprus K004588331 Yes
Lazarides, M. [6986] Australia K004589045 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Romania K004588304 Yes
[J.S. Cleland] [148] Australia K004589071 Yes
Barclay, C. (Sir) [3387] Greece K004588320 Yes
de Heldreich [s.n.] Greece K004588292 Yes
Nelson, D.J. [1229] Australia K004589069 Yes
Kennedy, E.W. [514] Cyprus K004588328 Yes
Smith, A.M. [s.n.] Croatia K004588317 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [695] Greece K004588297 Yes
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [2730] Albania K004588283 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece K004588291 Yes
Symon, D.E. [5184] Australia K004589070 Yes
[S. Sephans] [s.n.] Australia K004589085 Yes
Wilson, I.B. [33] Australia K004589075 Yes
Nascimento, A. [246] Brazil K001138324 Yes
Sintenes; Rigo [784] Cyprus K004588325 Yes
Tweedie [1836] K:SPC-38709.000 No
Hubbard, C.E. [4947] Australia K004589080 Yes
Humbert, H.; Swingle, C.F. [[5361]] Madagascar K004589972 Yes
Kett, R. [31] K004119772 Yes
Watson, D. [s.n.] Australia K004589067 Yes
Vine, R.S. [60] Greece K004588282 Yes
Ingoldby, C.M. (Capt.) [498] Türkiye K004588302 Yes
Koch, M. [s.n.] Australia K004589084 Yes
Prodan, I. [s.n.] Romania K004588305 Yes
Wisniewski, T. [1081] Bulgaria K004588307 Yes
Cole, M.M.; Provan, D. [81] Australia K004589030 Yes
Cole, M.M.; Provan, D. [193] Australia K004589029 Yes
Streimann, H.; Students [NGF27988] Papua New Guinea K004589057 Yes
Nelson, D.J. [1293] Australia K004589063 Yes
von Degen, A. [s.n.] Croatia K004588316 Yes
Coode, M.J.E.; Cadet, T. [4244] Reunion K004589976 Yes
Pitchler [s.n.] Croatia K004588310 Yes
Barclay, C. (Sir) [3387] Greece K004588296 Yes
Morris, A. [151] Australia K004589042 Yes
Ranaivojaona, R.; Andrianjafy, N.M.; Phillipson, P.; Lubke, R. [1443] Madagascar K004589966 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5328] Australia K004589081 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [4133] Greece K004588288 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [2605] Brazil K001138325 Yes
Helms, R. [s.n.] Australia K004589041 Yes
Marchesetti, C. [s.n.] K004588318 Yes
Aplin, T.E.H. [4741] Australia K004589032 Yes
Sieber [s.n.] Greece K004588294 Yes
Lindberg, H. [s.n.] Cyprus K004588329 Yes
Humbert, H.; de la Bâthie, H.P. [2461] Madagascar K004589971 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [4085] Australia K001769981 Yes
Arvat, A. [s.n.] Romania K004588306 Yes
[R. de Hoogle] [122] Australia K004589035 Yes
Everist, S.L. [2938] Australia K004589037 Yes
Manjakahery, H.; Phillipson, P.; Ranaivojaona, R.; Andrianjafy, M. [107] Madagascar K004589965 Yes
Dalby, J.M.; Bishop, W.; Coveny, R.G. [88/23] Australia K004589033 Yes
[Tabornegg] [s.n.] Croatia K004588314 Yes
Ingoldby, C.M. (Capt.) [520] Türkiye K004588300 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [313] Bulgaria K004588309 Yes
s.coll. [75] Greece K004588321 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [61960] Brazil K001138326 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [178] Greece K004588289 Yes
Baldacci, A. [343] K004588284 Yes
Gandoger, M. [s.n.] Greece K004588285 Yes
Swinbourne, R. [536] Australia K004589074 Yes
Huter [s.n.] Croatia K004588311 Yes
Cretzoiu, P. [s.n.] Romania K004588303 Yes
Humbert, H. [7172] Madagascar K004589967 Yes
Bernier [s.n.] Madagascar K004589980 Yes
Croat, T.B. [31482] Madagascar K004589974 Yes
Wisniewski, T. [1079] Bulgaria K004588308 Yes
Blake, S.T. [2062] Australia K004589036 Yes
Krieger [s.n.] Croatia K004588312 Yes
de Heldreich [s.n.] Greece K004588295 Yes
Lazarides, M. [5824] Australia K004589064 Yes
Basedow, H. [164] Australia K004589077 Yes
Madulid; Reynoso; MPM; EMGA [PPI27346] Philippines K004589059 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Viscarra, J. [1270] Bolivia K000295088 No
Turner, L.V. [144] Greece K001082175 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K004589062 Yes
Constable, E.F. [29308] Australia K004589083 Yes
Houska, J. [s.n.] North Macedonia K004588313 Yes
Nelson, D.J. [552] Australia K004589073 Yes
Humbert, H.; de la Bâthie, H.P. [2460] Madagascar K004589970 Yes
Oswald, P.H. [12] Cyprus K004588323 Yes
Pulsford, M. [UPNG183] Papua New Guinea K004589061 Yes
Baron, R. (Rev.) [4604] Madagascar K004589969 Yes
Baron, R. (Rev.) [5895] Madagascar K004589968 Yes
Sutton, C.S. [3025] Australia K004589040 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B12451] Greece K004588286 Yes
Cole, M.M. [43] Australia K004589031 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [4947] Australia K004589079 Yes
Zuccarini [479] Greece K004588290 Yes
Pickersgill, B. [72-55] Brazil K001138323 Yes
Sintenis; Rigo [784] Cyprus K004588324 Yes
Turner, L.V. [215] Greece K001082176 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [1225] K004589977 Yes
Atherton, G.E. [366] Cyprus K004588332 Yes
Balashova [s.n.] Ukraine K004588319 Yes
Perry, R.A. [3286] Australia K004589034 Yes
Afzelius, K.R. [s.n.] K004589973 Yes
Thomasset, H.P. [s.n.] K004589978 Yes
Koch, M. [64] Australia K004589078 Yes
Coveny, R. [692] Australia K004589082 Yes
Blake, S.T. [2370] Australia K004589048 Yes
Ingoldly, C.M. (Capt.) [502] Türkiye K004588301 Yes
Lorence, D. [2240] Mauritius K004589975 Yes
Cheel, E. [NSW121414] Australia K004589068 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [523] Greece K001082177 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [515] K004588299 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia K004588315 Yes
Kennedy, E.W. [514] Cyprus K004588327 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004589039 Yes
Coode, M. [4671] Reunion K:SPC-35465.000 No
Kenneally, K.F. [9859] Australia K004589046 Yes
MacDonald, E.C. [347] Australia K004589043 Yes
Symon, D.E. [5343] Australia K004589076 Yes
[F.E. Wehl] [s.n.] Australia K004589047 Yes
Casey, E.C. [29] Cyprus K004588330 Yes
[Mr. McDougal Stuart] [46] Austria K004589038 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [178] Greece K004588287 Yes
Lyne, A.M. [2104] Australia K004589028 Yes
Syngrassides, A. [238] Cyprus K004588326 Yes
Swinbourne, R. [370] Australia K004589065 Yes
Womersley, J.S. [NGF11001] Papua New Guinea K004589060 Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • 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 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