Asteraceae

Cosmos Cav.

First published in Icon. 1: 9 (1791)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W. Central & Central U.S.A. to Trinidad and NW. Argentina.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil North, Brazil South, Bulgaria, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Connecticut, Cuba, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Illinois, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Nicobar Is., Niue, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Samoa, Society Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Thailand, Tubuai Is., Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of Iraq

  • Cav. Icon. 1: 9 (1791)
  • Panero in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 412 [2006] (2007)
  • Shahina A. Ghazanfar (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Masc. 109: 198 (1993)
  • Ic. 1: 9 (1791)
  • Sherff in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8(6): 401–447 (1932)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Funk, V.A.; Canne, J. [2996] Mexico K001925383 No
Townsend, C.H.T.; Barber, C.M. [439] Mexico K002496632 Yes
Gould, B.J. [1255] Bhutan K002496280 Yes
G.B.H. [1786] Mexico K002496641 Yes
H. [15534] Mexico K002496635 Yes
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [15605] Mexico K002496634 Yes
G.B.H. [1603] Mexico K002496638 Yes
Arsène, F. [5603] Mexico K002496633 Yes
Galeotti, H. [2061] Mexico K002496636 Yes
H. [6745] Mexico K002496640 Yes
Zambatis, N. [1312] South Africa K002496441 Yes
Nelson, E.W. [s.n.] Mexico K002496631 Yes
Lugas, L. [2957] Malaysia K002496320 Yes
[C. Wilash] [s.n.] K002496804 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [1603] Mexico K002496637 Yes
G.B.H. [4790] Mexico K002496639 Yes
Retief, E. [1026] South Africa K002496440 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [1786] Mexico K002496642 Yes
Steiner, M.L. [1084] Philippines K002496335 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [4985] Mexico K002496643 Yes
Eyma, P.J. [1541] Indonesia K002496319 Yes
Abrahams, N. [s.n.] South Africa K002496442 Yes
G.B.H. [4985] Mexico K002496644 Yes
Coulter, T. [390] Mexico K002496630 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • 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