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Taxon:  Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass.



Summary
Genus:
Guizotia
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Nomen number:
18068
Place of publication:
F. Cuvier, Dict. sci. nat. 59:248. 1829
Verified:
06/10/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
106 (106  active, 92  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Polymnia abyssinica L. f.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Guizotia oleifera DC.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Niger –
Nigerseed –
ramtil –
French
graines du Niger –
guizotia oléifère –
noug –
German
Nigersaat –
Ramtillkraut –
Portuguese
niger –
verbesina-da-Índia –
Spanish
abisin –
negrillo –
ramtilla –
Swedish
nigerfrö –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
2CultivatedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
2CultivatedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
2CultivatedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
2CultivatedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
2CultivatedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
3AdventiveAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
3AdventiveAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
3AdventiveAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
3AdventiveEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesConnecticut 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigan 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaryland 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaGauteng 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
Cultivated
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zambia
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Zaire
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
  • MALESIA: Malaysia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Adventive
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Lebanon
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Florida, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Gauteng, Mpumalanga]
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Croatia, Italy, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Environmentalsoil improver PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Human foodoil/fat PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Human foodpseudocereal PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Materialslipids Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
Medicinesfolklore PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
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=18068. Accessed 28 December 2024.

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