Asteraceae

Gamochaeta Wedd.

First published in Chlor. Andina 1: 151 (1856)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New World.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia

Introduced into:

Assam, Azores, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Iraq, Italy, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Madeira, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tasmania, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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 Tropical East Africa

  • Anderb. in Opera Bot. 104: 155 (1991)
  • Chloris Andina 1: 151 (1856)
  • in K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 357 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0