Asteraceae
Helichrysum

Helichrysum odoratissimum (L.) Sweet

First published in Hort. Brit.: 223 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Great Britain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Hedberg in Symb. Bot. Upsal. 15, 1: 201, 338 (1957).
  • Moeser in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 44: 242 (1910)
  • Syn. Gen. Comp. 301 (1832)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 211, t. 86 (1994).
  • Anderb. in Opera Bot. 104: 145 (1991).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Africa: 171, fig. 370 (1987).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 264 (1963).
  • DC., Prodr. 6: 202 (1838).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda p. 177 (1962).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 35 (1956).
  • Hilliard in Flora of Southern Africa 33, 7 (2): 74, fig. 15/1 (1983).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 151 (1949).
  • Lisowski in Flore d'Afrique Centrale Compositae, Inuleae: 76, t. 13/f-j (1989).
  • Maquet in Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 3: 608 (1985).
  • Moeser in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 44: 242 (1910).
  • O. Hedberg, Afroalpine Vascular Plants p. 201, 338 (1957).
  • Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 223 (1826).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 2, 2020 Osborne, J. [JO1503] Mozambique K001346209 Yes
Dec 14, 2009 Katende, T.; Sheil, D. [2071] Uganda K000545475 Yes
Dec 14, 2009 Katede [916] Uganda K000545478 Yes
Dec 14, 2009 Katende, T.; Sheil, D. [980] Uganda K000545476 Yes
Feb 1, 2008 Gereau, R.E.; Lazier, G.S. [6745] Tanzania K000438242 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Naiga [31] Uganda K000450202 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Naiga [09] Uganda K000450204 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [8905] Cameroon K000108703 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [8904] Cameroon K000108704 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9567] Cameroon K000108702 Yes
Nov 1, 1987 Thomas, D.W. [3146] Cameroon K000052089 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8929] Cameroon K000052087 Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Morton, J.K. [803] Cameroon K000052084 Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Brenan, J.P.M. [9387] Cameroon K000052093 Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Brenan, J.P.M. [9387] Cameroon K000052094 Yes
Freidberg [7] Cameroon K000052088 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [MC 29] Cameroon K000052092 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Maiato, F.; Luis, J.C. [8700] Angola K001589635 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1704] K002641370 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [2186] South Africa K002641346 Yes
Cooper, T. [620] South Africa K002641359 Yes
Mann, G. [1228] Cameroon K000052105 Yes
Sanford, W.W. [5407] Cameroon K000052080 Yes
Bruce, E.A. [387] K002641369 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [0s.n.47] Cameroon K000052095 Yes
Taylor, H.C. [5590] South Africa K002641323 Yes
Dieterlen, M.; Dieterlen, M. [439] Lesotho K002641363 Yes
s.coll. [77] South Africa K002641355 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [970] Cameroon K000052097 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [2920] South Africa K002641324 Yes
Burchell [3928] South Africa K002641358 Yes
Schlechter, R. [5893] South Africa K002641328 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [MC 125] Cameroon K000052090 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [985] South Africa K002641334 Yes
Miller, O.B. [3017] Eswatini K002641351 Yes
Zeyher; Reichenbach, H.G. [s.n.] South Africa K001738392 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [11553] Cameroon K000052083 Yes
van Rensburg, W.L.J. [2059] South Africa K002641321 Yes
{A. Jacot - Guillarmod} [2910] K002641366 Yes
Mann, G. [0s.n.09] Cameroon K000052102 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [8323] Cameroon K000052099 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [2186] South Africa K002641347 Yes
Osborne, J. [JO1444] Mozambique K000569798 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [4125] South Africa K002641330 Yes
Dunlap [197] Cameroon K000052100 Yes
Alexander, R.C. [s.n.] South Africa K002641356 Yes
Cooper, T. [2599] K002641365 Yes
Taylor, H.C. [4769] South Africa K002641322 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [7140] South Africa K002641342 Yes
Comins, D.M. [1390] South Africa K002641345 Yes
s.coll. [[102]] South Africa K002641353 Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [1095] South Africa K002641338 Yes
Morton, J.K. [861] Cameroon K000052081 Yes
Zeyher; Reichenbach, H.G. [s.n.] South Africa K001738391 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [20035] South Africa K002641343 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [4195] South Africa K002641325 Yes
Story, R. [29] South Africa K002641348 Yes
Zeyher [2874] South Africa K000274798 Type Yes
Fries, T.C.E.; Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [s.n.] South Africa K002641349 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [1423] South Africa K002641326 Yes
Schlatter, R. [5883] South Africa K002641331 Yes
Mann, G. [1934in par] Cameroon K000052101 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [16672] South Africa K002641337 Yes
Bremer, K. [125] South Africa K002641336 Yes
Halliwell, B. [5008] Lesotho K002641367 Yes
Staples, R.R. [280] K002641368 Yes
Burchell [4122] South Africa K002641357 Yes
Compton, R.H. [30114] Eswatini K002641352 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [12442] Eswatini K002641350 Yes
Bayliss, R.D.A. [BRIB54] South Africa K002641340 Yes
Cooper, T. [2582] K001738394 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [MC 29] Cameroon K000052091 Yes
Schlechter, R. [5893] South Africa K002641329 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [12447] South Africa K002641335 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [28631] Cameroon K000052103 Yes
MacOwan, P. [1033/PMO] South Africa K002641320 Yes
Mwangoka et al. [4860] Tanzania K000450214 Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [809] South Africa K002641339 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [660] Cameroon K000052098 Yes
Thorold, C.A. [CM 24] Cameroon K000052104 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [9086] South Africa K002641344 Yes

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