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 Republic, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, DR Congo, 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-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia

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
Morton, J.K. [SL1606] K002603370 Yes
Harley, R.M. [9361] K002603190 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002603385 Yes
Niyomdam, C.; Suangtho, M.; Sangkhachand, B. [113] Thailand K002602816 Yes
Schilling, A.D. [689] Nepal K002603377 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002603390 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola K002603336 Yes
Boulon, M. [s.n.] Mauritius K000377681 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harder, D.K.; et al. [2329] Vietnam K001871805 No
Williams, R.S. [2147] Philippines K002602924 Yes
Letouzey, R. [8576] Cameroon K002603079 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002603389 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002603380 Yes
Germain, R. [5515] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002603085 Yes
Migeod, F. [481] Nigeria K002603024 Yes
s.coll. [H154972] K002603387 Yes
Reekmans, M. [4406] Burundi K002603088 Yes
Dallachy, J. [s.n.] Australia K000843796 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Daramola, B.O. [1801] Cameroon K002603081 Yes
s.coll. [481] Nigeria K002603018 Yes
Maire, E.E. [490] China K000843787 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. [13009] Tanzania K002603189 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002603391 Yes
Richards, H.M. [13710] Zambia K002603338 Yes
Hall, J.B. [1699] Nigeria K002603025 Yes
Phillipps [1646] Philippines K002603402 Yes
Andau, D. [69] Malaysia K002602921 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002603379 Yes
Jones, T.S. [103] Sierra Leone K002603016 Yes
Richards, H.M. [13710] K002603340 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [3355] Cameroon K002603077 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [10433] Hong Kong K002603386 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [656] Nigeria K002603022 Yes
Reynoso; Romero; Fuentes [3520] Philippines K001574655 Yes
Coode [5803B] Indonesia K002602922 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [46322] Nigeria K002603027 Yes
[Champion] [s.n.] Sri Lanka K002602731 Yes
Curtes, E.W. [H1549/72] K002603388 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [12318] Cameroon K002603089 Yes
Lack, A.; Grimes, J. [1620] Indonesia K002602923 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [656] Nigeria K002603023 Yes
Whitehead, M.J. [43] Seychelles K:SPC-36359.000 No
Fotius, G. [2120] Cameroon K002603076 Yes
s.coll. [6400] Burundi K002603087 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [2415] Cameroon K002603080 Yes
Ujor, E. [30095] Cameroon K002603021 Yes
Lacroix, I.F. [3576] Malawi K000662185 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] K002603378 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL1606] K002603369 Yes
Burkill, I.H. [37004] K002603393 Yes
Ejiofor, M.C. [30079] Cameroon K002603020 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [8549] Philippines K002602925 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5801] Burundi K002603086 Yes
Schilling, A.D. [s.n.] Nepal K002603376 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [s.n.] Cameroon K000052350 Yes
Mueller, F.J.H.von; Hill [s.n.] Australia K000843795 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1416] Cameroon K000052351 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [6246] Philippines K000843801 Type Yes
Richards, H.M. [19548] K002603339 Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] Nepal K000102314 Type Yes
Gbile; Wit; Daramola [1348] Nigeria K002603026 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Indonesia K002602920 Yes
Wallich, N. [3146] Nepal K000102315 Type Yes
[P.Pits] [s.n.] K002603392 Yes
Bakshi, T.S. [280] Sierra Leone K002603015 Yes
Harder, D.K.; Gereau, R.; Kayombo, C.J.; Kayombo, M.J. [1245] Tanzania K002603217 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M.; Julin, H. [5100] Somalia K002603095 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [FHI41002] Nigeria K002603017 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [3305] China K000843786 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [25947] Nigeria K002603019 Yes
Lacroix, I.F. [2869] Malawi K000662231 Yes
Letouzey, R. [6904] Cameroon K002603078 Yes
Benson, F.M. [470] Malawi K002603337 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [25947] Nigeria K:SPC-08664.000 No
Luke, W.R.Q.; Luke, P.A. [16828] Tanzania K002603313 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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