Asteraceae
Ambrosia

Ambrosia maritima L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 988 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Africa, Madagascar, Medit to Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Baleares, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon-Syria, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Palestine, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sudan, Turkey, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Algeria, Ethiopia, Morocco, Mozambique, Tunisia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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].
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2005-2022). The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. Welman, E. Reitief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. v. Wyk & A. Nicholas (1987). List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2: 1-152. [Cited as Ambrosia artemisiifolia.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 27, 48.
  • F.T.A. 3: 370
  • Sp. Pl. 988 (1763)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • 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].

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 215 (1994).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 268 (1963).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 987 (1753).
  • Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 110 (1991).
  • Oliv. & Hiern, Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 370 (1877).
  • Wild in Kirkia 6: 2 (1967).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Funch, L. [PCD3789] Brazil K000053305 Yes
Jul 1, 1996 Bautista, H.P.; Hind, D.J.N.; Smith, S.; Harley, R. [PCD3457] Brazil K000053306 Yes
Jul 1, 1996 Bautista, H.P.; Hind, D.J.N.; Smith, S.; Harley, R. [PCD3457] Brazil K000053307 Yes
Jul 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [PCD3382] Brazil K000053304 Yes
Dec 9, 1907 Chevalier, A.J.B. [1114] Mali K000391796 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5372] Egypt K002902516 Yes
Kasapligil, B. [78] K002902509 Yes
{M. M. Abd El Ghani} [s.n.] Egypt K002902514 Yes
Schweinfurth, C. [299] Egypt K002902526 Yes
Davis, P.H. [3831] West Bank K002902542 Yes
Monier Abd El Ghani [4920] Egypt K002902524 Yes
Davis, P.H. [14108] Turkey K002902553 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Hanbury, D. [s.n.] Syria K002902546 Yes
Davis, P.H. [608313] Egypt K002902533 Yes
White, M.F. [s.n.] West Bank K002902541 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [2651] Saudi Arabia K002902545 Yes
Kralik, L.; [H. Cametanae] [[329]] K002902554 Yes
Duncan, J. [I] Egypt K002902522 Yes
Amal Amin; Mahdi; Sisi; Aziz, A. [s.n.] Egypt K002902527 No
Forsskal, P. [928] Egypt K002902536 No
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18070] Brazil K000053309 Yes
Hochstetter [s.n. ] K002902556 Yes
Duncan, J. [I] Egypt K002902518 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2658] Botswana K001600858 Yes
Duncan, J. [I] Egypt K002902519 Yes
s.coll. [3464] Syria K002902549 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [3915] Egypt K002902529 Yes
Duncan, J. [I] Egypt K002902521 Yes
Sisi, S. [s.n.] Egypt K002902530 Yes
Roger dedit [s.n.] Senegal K000410240 Unknown Type Material Yes
de Heldreich, T. [s.n.] K002902503 Yes
Harald Lindberg [s.n.] Cyprus K002902510 Yes
Hagerup, O. [198] Mali K000391797 Yes
Hubbard, F. [s.n.] Egypt K002902532 Yes
[V. Borie] [363] K002902504 Yes
Forsskal, P. [928] Egypt K002902535 No
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [8227] West Bank K002902544 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [s.n.] Egypt K002902517 Yes
Poore, M.E.D. [39] Cyprus K002902511 Yes
King, R.M.; Bishop, L.E. [8686] Brazil K000053308 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1729] Egypt K002902534 Yes
Hochstetter [613] K002902557 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002902558 Yes
Forsskal, P. [928] Egypt K002902537 No
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] Syria K002902548 Yes
Sintenis, P.E.E.; Rigo, G. [s.n.] Syria K002902550 Yes
[Dromfieler] [13] Egypt K002902515 Yes
Zohary, D.; Amdursky, I. [s.n.] Israel K002902540 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [K65] Egypt K002902512 Yes
Forsskal, P. [928] Egypt K002902538 No
[illegible] [s.n. ] K002902559 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] Syria K002902547 Yes
Eig, A. [s.n.] West Bank K002902543 Yes
Keller, A. [96] Egypt K002902531 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5481] Egypt K002902513 Yes
Gemtchújnicov, I., D. [15] Brazil K000053310 Yes
Duncan, J. [I] Egypt K002902520 Yes
Muschler, R.C. [s.n.] Egypt K002902523 Yes
Davis, P.H. [14497] Turkey K002902552 Yes
Sintenis, P.E.E.; Rigo, G. [1034] Syria K002902551 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002902555 Yes

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    • 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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  • 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