Amaranthaceae
Pupalia

Pupalia lappacea (L.) Juss.

First published in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 132 (1803)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique to S. Africa, E. Afghanistan to Myanmar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aellen, P. (1972). Flora Iranica 91: 1-19. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 2: 1-429. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia, A Journal of Botanical Research 41: 41-82.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • 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].
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1970-1995). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Shaheen, H., Qureshi, R., Akram, A., Gulfraz, M. & Potter, D. (2014). A preliminary floristic checklist of Thal desert Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistn Journal of Botany 46: 13-18.
  • Sikarwar, R.L.S. (2014). Angiosperm diversity assessment of Chitrakootthe legendary place of Vindhyan range, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 563-619.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Townsend, C.C. (1985). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Amaranthaceae: 1-136.
  • Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea). Phytotaxa 171: 1-78.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 529.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 47

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aellen, P. (1972). Flora Iranica 91: 1-19. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Shaheen, H., Qureshi, R., Akram, A., Gulfraz, M. & Potter, D. (2014). A preliminary floristic checklist of Thal desert Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistn Journal of Botany 46: 13-18.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by C. C. Townsend [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Juss., Ann. Bus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2: 132 (1803).
  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 136 (1974).
  • C.C. Townsend in Kew Bulletin 34: 135 (1979).
  • Cavaco in Mém. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris, sér. B, 13: 90 (1962).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda p. 102 (1962).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 122 (1950).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 45 (1962).
  • Gilg in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 173 (1895).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 60 (1951).
  • J. G. Baker & C. B. Clarke in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 47 (1909).
  • Peter, Flora von Deutsch-Ostafrika 2: 225 (1932).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 133 (1948).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 I Made Maduarta (Pung) [IMM 157] Indonesia K000734813 No
Mar 10, 1981 Wild, H. [41680] Zimbabwe K000238606 No
Jan 1, 1979 Gillett, J.B. [20420] Kenya K000238653 No
Jan 1, 1978 Bally, P.R.O. [16850] Kenya K000238645 No
Jun 7, 1958 F. [4545] Zambia K000238588 No
Jan 1, 1952 Richards, H.M. [1046] Zambia K000238599 No
Jan 1, 1952 Richards, H.M. [1662] Zambia K000238601 No
Jan 1, 1951 Bogdan, A.V. [2376] Kenya K000238619 No
Jan 1, 1951 Bally, P.R.O. [5342] Tanzania K000238632 No
Jan 1, 1951 Wild, H. [19064] Zimbabwe K000238605 No
Jan 1, 1951 Rayner, R.W. [272] Kenya K000238620 No
Jan 1, 1951 Bally, P.R.O. [5163] Kenya K000238633 No
Jan 1, 1949 Napier, E.R. [5231] Kenya K000238628 No
Jan 1, 1949 Bally, P.R.O. [7973] Kenya K000238617 No
Jan 1, 1949 Moggridge, J.Y. [388] Kenya K000238642 No
Jan 1, 1949 Jeffery, G.M. [229] Kenya K000238643 No
Jan 1, 1949 Bally, P.R.O. [1697] Kenya K000238618 No
Jan 1, 1949 Bally, P.R.O. [916] Kenya K000238613 No
Dummer, R.A. [1891] Kenya K000238627 No
Griffith [4190] Burma K000814942 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luke [2840] Kenya K000238629 No
Mutimushi, J.M. [2171] Zambia K000238586 No
Mwangangi, O.M.; Kasyoki, W. [1820] Kenya K000238623 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [7603] Zambia K000238593 No
Bogdan, A.V. [5647] Kenya K000238609 No
Clark, C.P. [107] Kenya K000238612 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1084] Kenya K000238655 No
Wallich [6934] K000814945 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1070] Kenya K000238626 No
Leuthold, W. [47] Kenya K000238621 No
Gatheri, G.W.; Mungai, G.M.; Kanuri, K.; Kibui [152] Kenya K000238625 No
Richards, H.M. [5435] Zambia K000238602 No
Luke, P.A.; Q [9334] Tanzania K000238660 No
Huntley, B.J. [3621] Angola K001604380 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K000238630 No
Robinson, E.A. [1403] Zambia K000238594 No
S [3942] Kenya K000238631 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K000238639 No
s.coll. [1338] Zambia K000238595 No
White, F. [2359] Zambia K000238591 No
Borhidi, A.; Iversen, S.T.; Steiner, M.; Ruffo, C.K. [86488] Tanzania K000238659 No
Robertson, S.A. [3467] Kenya K000238648 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, K. [12684] Kenya K000238650 No
Richards, H.M.; Arasululu, S. [26636] Tanzania K000238658 No
Prince, S.D. [130] Zambia K000238585 No
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J.; Evans, N.A. [664] Kenya K000238624 No
Gisau [10984] Kenya K000238651 No
Angus, A. [984] Zambia K000238598 No
Richards, H.M. [18976] Zambia K000238600 No
Kibui, K. [88] Kenya K000238636 No
White, F. [6976] Zambia K000238590 No
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [319] Kenya K000238634 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1147] Kenya K000238654 No
Moggridge, J.Y. [157] Kenya K000238641 No
Angus, A. [1683] Zambia K000238589 No
Dummer, R.A. [5048] Kenya K000238616 No
Napier, E.R. [924] Kenya K000238640 No
Wallich [6935] K000814943 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luke, Q.; Mungai, G.M.; Robertson, A.; Kabuye, C.H.S.; Mathenge, S.G. [229] Kenya K000238637 No
Astle, W.L. [4569] Zambia K000238587 No
Goldsmith, B. [91] Zimbabwe K000238607 No
Ryvarden, L. [5052] Kenya K000238652 No
Thairu, N. [57] Kenya K000238649 No
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [2765] Kenya K000238635 No
Rensburg, H.J., van [2859] Zambia K000238597 No
Polhill, E.; Paulo, S. [672] Kenya K000238646 No
Scheffler, G. [106] Kenya K000238615 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B.; Green, H.S. [6787] Kenya K000238610 No
Rensburg, H.J., van [1629] Zambia K000238596 No
Kerfoot, O. [285] Uganda K000238661 No
Richards, H.M. [10994] Zambia K000238603 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [5437] Zambia K000238592 No
Rawlins, S. [s.n.] Kenya K000238644 No
Polhill, E.; Paulo, S. [599] Kenya K000238647 No
Pope, G. [1536] Kenya K000238608 No
Kokwaro, J.O. [2893] Kenya K000238622 No
Faden, A.; Napper, D.M. [052] Kenya K000238614 No
Wallich [6934] K000814944 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luke; Robertson [1528] Kenya K000238638 No
Williams, G.R. [779] Kenya K000238656 No
Norlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [4372] Zimbabwe K000238604 No
Conrads [13292] Tanzania K000238657 No

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