Asteraceae
Pseudoconyza

Pseudoconyza viscosa (Mill.) D'Arcy

First published in Phytologia 25: 281 (1973)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics. It is an annual or biennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Comoros

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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].
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Qaiser, M. & Abid, R. (2003). Flora of Pakistan 210: 1-215. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Blumea viscosa.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • 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].
  • 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.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D'Arcy in Phytologia 25: 281 (1973).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Laizer, G.S. [1376] Tanzania K000614909 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [s.n.] K003187196 No
Sieber [s.n.] Senegal K000274097 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1438] India K003187171 No
Duthie, J.F. [22231] K003187166 No
Sørensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [1938] Thailand K003187192 No
Hepper, F.N.; Morton, J.K. [A3180] Ghana K003187184 No
Ern, H.; Hein, B.; Pircher, A. [250] Togo K003187186 No
Irvine, F.R. [711] Ghana K003187180 No
Sørensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [867] Thailand K003187189 No
[G. T] [26] India K003187173 No
Alston, A.H.G. [534] Sri Lanka K003187174 No
Gossweiler, J. [461] Angola K001307453 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [732] K003187185 No
Bidgood, A.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [7374] Tanzania K001513593 No
Innes, R.R. [s.n.] Ghana K003187179 No
Stewart, R.R. [7083] India K003187167 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [6746] Thailand K003187199 No
Schomburgk, R. [164] Thailand K003187197 No
Akpabla, G.K. [1895] Ghana K003187182 No
Ladell, W.R.S. [262] Thailand K003187198 No
s.coll. [1569] India K003187169 No
s.coll. [3164] Burma K003187175 No
Pierre, L. [[1062]] Vietnam K003187195 No
Akpabla, G.K. [1906] Ghana K003187181 No
Mwangoka, M.A. [4188] Tanzania K000614919 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [13982] India K003187168 No
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K003187165 No
Collins, E.E. [1760] Thailand K003187194 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003187176 No
Scholz, H. [300] Togo K003187188 No
Kotschy [345] Sudan K000274098 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3987] Thailand K003187190 No
Larsen, K. [9653] Thailand K003187191 No
Warnecke [274] Togo K003187187 No
Morton, J.K. [GC6119] Ghana K003187178 No
G.J. [385] India K003187170 No
Morton, J.K. [GC6119] Ghana K003187177 No
Morton, J.K. [A2285] Ghana K003187183 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [3903] Thailand K003187193 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3086] Conyza aurita K001118550 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3069] India Conyza aurita K001118532 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3069] India Conyza aurita K001118531 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3086] Conyza aurita K001118549 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baron, R. [5348] Madagascar Blumea bojeri K000274067 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bojer [s.n.] Madagascar Blumea bojeri K000274066 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3083] Conyza villosa K001129337 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash, J. [1160] Ethiopia Blumea aurita K:SPC-35471.000 No

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