Summary
Place of publication:
Revis. gen. pl. 2:466. 1891
Verified:
05/20/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
witchweed – Transcribed Chinese
du jiao jin –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan, Somalia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Rwanda, Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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CHINA:
China [Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Naturalized
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | parasite | | Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=102305.
Accessed 20 September 2024.