Asteraceae
Dicoma

Dicoma tomentosa Cass.

First published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 47 (1818)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Qaiser, M. & Rubina Abid (2011). Flora of Pakistan 218: 1-84. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 200
  • Chev. Bot. 377
  • De Miré & Gillet in J. Agric. Trop. 3: 706.
  • F.T.A. 3: 443
  • Wilson in Kew Bull. 1923: 377
  • in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 47

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by S. Ortiz & J. Rodríguez-Oubiña [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 228 (1994).
  • Burkill, Useful Pl. W. Trop. Afr. ed. 2, 1: 465 (1985).
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 21: 208 (1967).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 287 (1963).
  • Cass., Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 47 (1818).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 23 (1956).
  • G.V. Pope in Flora Zambesiaca 6: 43 (1992).
  • Oliv. & Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 443 (1877).
  • S. Moore in J. B. 65, suppl. 2: 65 (1927).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 7, 2008 Crawford, F. [189] Namibia K000450310 No
Jan 1, 1972 Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1185] Burkina Faso K000391833 No
Jan 1, 1972 Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1382] Burkina Faso K000391834 No
Jan 1, 1970 Gossweiler, J. [64] Angola K001307182 No
Jan 1, 1920 s.coll. [1497] India K000768796 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bohlmann, F. [88/97] Namibia K001558830 No
Oliver; Muller; Steenkamp [6716] Namibia K001558838 No
Greenway, P.J. [7419] Tanzania K001558236 Yes
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [3860] South Africa K001558872 No
s.coll. [11844] South Africa K001558870 No
Tanner, R. [4093] Tanzania K001558232 Yes
Giess, W.; Volk, O.H.; Bleissner, B. [6344] Namibia K001558834 No
Davis, R.L. [20] Tanzania K001558233 Yes
s.n. [3622] Angola K001558787 No
Hepper, F.N. [3748] Mali K000391832 No
Mahinda, S. Game Scout [HSM/249] Tanzania K001558245 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Polhill, R.M. [10,201] Kenya K001558227 Yes
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [3781] South Africa K001558874 No
Chevalier, A.J.B. [221] Mali K000391831 No
Rogers, F.A. [18438] South Africa K001558871 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B 5138] Kenya K001558224 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13839] Ethiopia K001558214 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [1293] Uganda K001558207 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [1921] Namibia K001558868 No
Schmiz [2009] South Africa K001558840 No
Leistner, O.A. [191] South Africa K001558876 No
Greenway, P.J. [8981] Kenya K001558217 Yes
s.n. [319] India K001770049 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [2237] South Africa K001558843 No
Hardy, S.; Bally, P.R.O. [ B10816] Uganda K001558208 Yes
Napper, D.M.; Kanuri [2089] Kenya K001558219 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [627] Tanzania K001558228 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1641] Botswana K001612913 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2877] Angola K001558837 No
s.n. [28] Yemen K001770048 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] India K001558012 No
Pole-Evans, I.B. [4464] South Africa K001558875 No
Greenway, P.J. [6591] Tanzania K001558249 Yes
Richards, M. [24268] Tanzania K001558242 Yes
Peter, G.A. [53921] Tanzania K001558251 Yes
Schimper [724] Ethiopia K000252229 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, M. [23069] Tanzania K001558243 Yes
Bohlmann, F. [88/35] Namibia K001558829 No
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O. [5289] Namibia K001558878 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1571] Botswana K001609372 Yes
s.n. [3623] Angola K001770083 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [438] Yemen K001558164 No
Polhill [339] Kenya K001558212 Yes
Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K. [95/120] Tanzania K001558250 Yes
Kotschy [100] K000252227 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rattray, John [s.n.] Angola K001307183 No
Thomas, A.S. [3417] Uganda K001558205 Yes
Verdcourt [3277] Kenya K001558223 Yes
Seydel, R. [3497] Namibia K001558836 No
Hutchinson, J. [2677] South Africa K001558873 No
Kerfoot, O. [3813] Uganda K001558209 Yes
Betty, M. [272] Tanzania K001558241 Yes
Pienaar, J.N. [1077] South Africa K001558865 No
Peter, G.A. [43403] Tanzania K001558246 Yes
Tanner, R. [4278] Tanzania K001558238 Yes
Luke, Q. [3519] Kenya K001558221 Yes
Hardy, D.S. [2120] Namibia K001558835 No
Kassner, T. [758] Kenya K001558220 Yes
Schlieben; Hartmann [12069] South Africa K001558869 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B 9864] Kenya K001558226 Yes
Van Someren, G.R.C. [946] Kenya K001558222 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2398] Tanzania K001558237 Yes
Bohlmann, F. [88/108] Namibia K001558831 No
Pfund [271] Egypt K000252228 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bax, R.D. (Miss) [212] Tanzania K001558235 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [[20990]] South Africa K001558842 No
Gossweiler, J. [166] Angola K001307184 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [16759] South Africa K001558877 No
Peter, G.A. [43464] Tanzania K001558247 Yes
Dyson; Hudson [466] Uganda K001558210 No
Giess; Volk; Bleissner [6344] Namibia K001558833 No
Peter, G.A. [53918] Tanzania K001558252 Yes
Matheuge, S.G. [80] Kenya K001558244 Yes
Tweedie [3491] Kenya K001558215 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [661] Tanzania K001558234 Yes
Thorncroft, G. [3126] South Africa K001558866 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 3118] Kenya K001558225 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [24579] South Africa K001558879 No
Peter, G.A. [41167] Tanzania K001558248 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2398] Tanzania K001558230 Yes
de Winter, B.; Giess, J.W. [6798] Namibia K001558841 No
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [146] Uganda K001558206 Yes
Tanner, R. [1302] Tanzania K001558229 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [11,205] Tanzania K001558240 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2398] Tanzania K001558231 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6678] Kenya K001558213 Yes
Rodin, R.J.; Hoover, R.F. [9318] Namibia K001558832 No
Rogers, F.A. [20227] South Africa K001558867 No
Pfund [366] Ethiopia K000252230 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davey, J.T. [88] Mali K000391830 No
Wallich, N. [1497] K000768795 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burkina Faso K000391835 No
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [13] Kenya K001558211 Yes
s.coll. [2980] K000768797 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2980] Burma Xeropappus lanuginosus K001118330 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2980] India Xeropappus lanuginosus K001118331 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2980] Xeropappus lanuginosus K001118332 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2980] Burma Xeropappus lanuginosus K001118329 Unknown Type Material Yes

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