Asteraceae
Adenostemma

Adenostemma caffrum DC.

First published in Prodr. 5: 112 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Ethiopia and S. Africa, W. Yemen.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Prod. 5: 112 (1836).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 203, t. 82 (1994).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 286 (1963).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 1078 (1966).
  • DC., Prodr. 5: 112 (1836).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 8 (1956).
  • H.M. Burkill, Useful Pl. W. Trop. Afr. ed. 2, 1: 442 (1985).
  • Harv. in Fl. Cap.: 58 (1865).
  • Lisowski, Aster. Afr. Centr. 2: 471 (1991).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 568, fig. 173/2 (1985).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [410] Cameroon K000746658 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Ghogue, J.-P. [510] Cameroon K000108628 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4026] Cameroon K000108621 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [8990] Cameroon K000108622 Yes
Oct 1, 1997 Brass, L.J. [16979] Malawi K000273389 Type Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2827] Botswana K001600914 Yes
Ash [1340] Ethiopia K:SPC-35654.000 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1841] Botswana K001612911 Yes
Gerrard, W. T. [571] South Africa K002874184 No
Schimper [112] Ethiopia K000273388 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

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