Plantaginaceae

Dopatrium Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1770 [4] (1835)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa to SW. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

California, Hawaii, Louisiana

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 324.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 2: 953 (1876).
  • Scroph. Ind.: 30 (1835).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Lindl., Bot. Reg. 21 ad t. 1770, f. 46 (1835)
  • Nord. J. Bot. 17(5): 527 (1997)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10036] Tanzania K:SPC-11208.000 No
de Nevers, G. [14400] Guinea K000557437 No
Hinds, J.H. [5004A] Ghana K:SPC-17721.000 No
Wild, H. [36082] Zimbabwe K:SPC-11209.000 No

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • 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