Asteraceae

Elephantopus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 814 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics to N. America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Laos, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Jersey, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., Congo, Cook Is., Ethiopia, Fiji, Guinea-Bissau, Hawaii, Marianas, Marquesas, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Seychelles, Society Is., Sudan, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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: 298.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bull.43: 272–274 (1988).
  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 355 (1754).
  • Philipson in Journ. Bot. 76: 299–305 (1938).
  • Sp. Pl.: 814 (1753)
  • Wild & G.V. Pope in Kirkia10: 340–342 (1977).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 355 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 814 (1753)
  • Wild & G.V. Pope in Kirkia 10:340–342 (1977)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1972 Thorel, C. [2407] K000796693 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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