Asteraceae
Cotula

Cotula anthemoides L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 891 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China, Taiwan, Sumatera. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, St.Helena, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Albania, France, Poland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghafoor, A. (2002). Flora of Pakistan 207: 1-172. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 171.
  • F.T.A. 3: 397
  • Sp. Pl. 891 (1753)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 219 (1994).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 250 (1963).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 20 (1956).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 891 (1753).
  • O. Hedberg, Afroalpine Vascular Plants pp. fig. 16b (p. 221) & 348 (1957).
  • O. Hoffm. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 415 (1895).
  • Oliv. & Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 397 (1877).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schimper [1325] Ethiopia K000378338 Isotype Yes
Schimper [1325] Ethiopia K000378336 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [349] Sudan K000378335 Unknown Type Material Yes
Edgeworth [s.n.] India K000250002 Type Yes
Edgeworth [99] India K000250001 Type Yes
Bromfield [s.n.] K000378337 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [2323] South Africa Cotula microcephala K000378378 Type Yes
Burchell [2303] South Africa Cotula microcephala K000378379 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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 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 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