Asteraceae

Gynura Cass.

First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 34: 391 (1825)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mauritius, Nansei-shoto, Réunion, Trinidad-Tobago

Accepted Species

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

  • —F.T.A. 3: 401, partly. Nom. cons.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C. Jeffrey in K.B. 41: 929–930 (1986)
  • F.G. Davies in K.B. 33: 335–342 (1978)
  • in Dict. Sci. Nat. 34: 391 (1825), nom. cons.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4143] Cameroon K000025756 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Mueller, F.J.H.von; Hill [s.n.] Australia K000843794 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Brass, L.J. [27629] Papua New Guinea K000843797 Holotype Yes
Dallachy, J. [s.n.] Australia K000843796 Unknown Type Material Yes
Reynoso; Romero; Fuentes [3520] Philippines K001574655 Yes
Boulon, M. [s.n.] Mauritius K000377681 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maire, E.E. [490] China K000843787 Unknown Type Material Yes
Whitehead, M.J. [43] Seychelles K:SPC-36359.000 No
Cavalerie, J. [3305] China K000843786 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [3146] Nepal K000102315 Type Yes
Mueller, F.J.H.von; Hill [s.n.] Australia K000843795 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] Nepal K000102314 Type Yes
Lacroix, I.F. [2869] Malawi K000662231 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [6246] Philippines K000843801 Type Yes
Lacroix, I.F. [3576] Malawi K000662185 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [25947] Nigeria K:SPC-08664.000 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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