Summary
Place of publication:
Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève sér. 2, 2:114. 1910
Verified:
02/24/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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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 | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
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 | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mauritania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Comoros | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | United Arab Emirates | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Transvaal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana, Gambia, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
Naturalized
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Northern America
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REGION:
Mexico
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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MESOAMERICA:
Guatemala
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Peru
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | | | Kilian, N. 1997. Revision of Launaea Cass. (Compositae, Lactuceae, Sonchinae). Englera 17:248-259. |
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=458710.
Accessed 20 September 2024.