Asteraceae

Launaea Cass.

First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2. 25: 321 (1822)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Seychelles, Suriname, Texas, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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: 460.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bull. 18: 463–477 (1966).
  • in Dict. Sci. Nat. 25: 321 (1822).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by N. Kilian [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Kilian in Englera 17: 1–478 (1997).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C. Jeffrey in K.B. 18: 463 (1966)
  • K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 188 (1994)
  • N. Kilian in Englera 17: 1–478 (1997)
  • in Dict. Sci. Nat. 25: 321 (1822)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0