Asteraceae
Pluchea

Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 5: 450 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Iraq and Arabian Peninsula, Africa. It grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, Iraq, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Canary Is.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Greenway, P.J. [790] Tanzania K002491898 Yes
Freidberg, A.; Kaplan, F. [53] Kenya K002491779 Yes
Peter, G.A. [430] Tanzania K002491925 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [867] Tanzania K002491945 Yes
Lye, K.A. [4737] Uganda K002491775 Yes
Hancock, G.L.R. [1306] Uganda K002491772 Yes
Peter, G.A. [54211] Tanzania K002491903 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [3255] Uganda K002491773 Yes
Kotschy [155] Ethiopia K000274105 Unknown Type Material Yes
Beentje; Coe [3453] Kenya K002491804 Yes
Tanner, R. [1663] Tanzania K002491936 Yes
[Th. Kotschy] [s.n.] Ethiopia K002491498 Yes
[Cordofon Kotrety] [462] Sudan K002491484 Yes
Massey, R.E. [28] Ethiopia K002491500 Yes
Ash, J.W. [455] Ethiopia K002491494 Yes
Freidberg, A. [Eth128] Ethiopia K002491491 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [915] Tanzania K002491906 Yes
de Lotto, G. [11/792] Eritrea K002491489 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6704] Kenya K002491822 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [169] Sudan K002491480 Yes
Whellan, J.A. [1215] Tanzania K002491935 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona, W. [17879] Tanzania K001890782 No
Abeid, Y.S. [827] Tanzania K002491897 Yes
Graham, R.M. [1819] Kenya K002491813 Yes
Mwangoka, M.A.; Joho, J.; Mhombo, M. [1014] Tanzania K002491895 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [820] Tanzania K002491907 Yes
Abeid, Y.S. [824] Tanzania K002491896 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [2558/29] Tanzania K002491943 Yes
Friis, I.; Crawford, F.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E. [14310] Ethiopia K002491490 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [905] Tanzania K002491909 Yes
Ciferri, R. [160] Somalia K002491508 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [533] Tanzania K002491913 No
Napier, E.R. [972] Kenya K002491790 Yes
Hundesa, D. [72] Ethiopia K002491496 Yes
Thairu, N. [71] Kenya K002491798 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [8644] Kenya K002491793 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12988] Kenya K002491817 Yes
Carter; Abdallah; Newton [2622] Tanzania K002491929 Yes
Tanner, R. [3339] Tanzania K002491933 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [2640] Tanzania K002491938 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [2840] Uganda K002491768 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [1404] Ethiopia K002491497 Yes
Freidberg, A.; Yarom, I. [40] Uganda K002491771 Yes
[S. P. Rabline] [223] Kenya K002491795 Yes
Mungai, G.M.; Mutangah, J.G.; Rucina, S.M. [379] Kenya K002491783 Yes
Tanner, R. [3905] Tanzania K002491920 Yes
Freidberg; Kaplan [53] Kenya K002491821 Yes
Lyne, R.N. [31] Tanzania K002491940 Yes
Tanner, R. [3480] Tanzania K002491923 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/528] Kenya K002491810 Yes
Toms, K.E. [77] Tanzania K002491939 Yes
Bally; Smith, A.R. [B14367] Kenya K002491815 Yes
Tweedie [1221] Uganda K002491769 Yes
Kayombo, C.J. [4266] Tanzania K000612977 Yes
Leauthaud, C.; Luke, Q.; Hamerlynck, O. [063] Kenya K002491811 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B8740] Kenya K002491814 Yes
Tanner, R. [3339] Tanzania K002491932 Yes
Rawlins, S. [869] Kenya K002491823 Yes
{Taylor} [392] Tanzania K002491944 Yes
Peter, G.A. [54178] Tanzania K002491924 Yes
Mwangulango, N.A. [1311] Tanzania K000612940 Yes
Peter, G.A. [31879] Tanzania K002491926 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [819] Tanzania K002491901 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B. [848] Somalia K002491502 Yes
Napier, E.R. [5388] Kenya K002491805 Yes
Jeffery, G.M. [K 305] Kenya K002491791 Yes
Kassner [293] Sudan K002491483 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [3050] Tanzania K002491927 Yes
Anderson, B. [969] Tanzania K002491937 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [877] Tanzania K002491946 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [16823] Kenya K002491807 Yes
Schimper [146] Ethiopia K000274104 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dames, T. [60] Tanzania K002491917 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [830] Kenya K002491797 Yes
{Greenway} [1358] Tanzania K002491942 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [16728] Kenya K002491808 Yes
{Kuhlmann} [7952] Zimbabwe K002491899 Yes
Pettersson, B.; Ahti, T. [16340] Sudan K002491481 Yes
Graham, R.M. [1819] Kenya K002491812 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1086] Kenya K002491786 Yes
Kibuwa, S.P. [2466] Kenya K002491784 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [881] Tanzania K002491910 Yes
Robertson, S.A.; Luke, Q. [5816] Kenya K002491785 Yes
Padwa, S.H. [270] Ethiopia K002491478 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2317] Kenya K002491788 Yes
Freidberg; Kaplan [63] Kenya K002491819 Yes
Purdy [36] Sudan K002491479 Yes
Tanner, R. [3786] Tanzania K002491931 Yes
MacNaughtan, G.; Port tudor [35] Kenya K002491789 Yes
Mutangah, J.G. [59] Kenya K002491782 Yes
Geilinger [157] Tanzania K002491908 No
Gillett, J.B. [4615] Somalia K002491506 Yes
Phillips, L. [s.n.] Somalia K002491509 Yes
Schimper [1018] Ethiopia K000274103 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kamil, A.A. [496] Sudan K002491476 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [8215] Tanzania K002491904 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B2699] Kenya K002491806 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [973] Uganda K002491774 Yes
Wilson, J. [898] Uganda K002491777 Yes
K.E.S. [36] Kenya K002491809 Yes
Coleman, E. [s.n.] Somalia K002491505 Yes
{De Wild.} [4839] Tanzania K002491915 Yes
Fakih, S.A. [507] Tanzania K002491894 Yes
Freidberg; Kaplan [82] Kenya K002491818 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [5012] Kenya K002491781 Yes
Robertson, S.A.; Abuodha, J. [6915] Kenya K002491800 Yes
Paulo, S. [686] Kenya K002491780 Yes
Bally; Smith, A.R. [B14367] Kenya K002491816 Yes
Gahanama, L. [s.n.] Kenya K002491801 Yes
Aweke, G.; Gilbert, M.G. [760] Ethiopia K002491495 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [557] Somalia K002491503 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2288] Tanzania K002491934 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [1572] Sudan K002491477 Yes
Peck, E.F. [359] Somalia K002491504 Yes
Williams, R.; Sheldrick, D. [TNP/E/99] Kenya K002491799 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [533] Tanzania K002491911 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P 3510] Uganda K002491776 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [3806] Kenya K002491787 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [692] Tanzania K002491905 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K002491794 Yes
Jeffery, G.M. [K 89] Kenya K002491792 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4555] Somalia K002491507 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1622] Ethiopia K002491487 Yes
Welch, J.R. [293] Tanzania K002491918 Yes
Speke; Grant [s.n.] Sudan K002491482 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [257] Angola K001307456 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel [3237] Kenya K002491796 Yes
Kässner [41] Kenya K002491802 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [692] Tanzania K002491902 Yes
{Greenway} [1259] Tanzania K002491941 Yes
Tanner, R. [3769] Tanzania K002491921 Yes
Balira, B.K.H. [[4]] Tanzania K002491930 Yes
s.coll. [SMP160] Somalia K002491501 Yes
Kalema, J. [JK 1979] Uganda K002491770 Yes
Gilbert, E.F. [182] Ethiopia K002491492 Yes
Hawthorne, W. [292] Kenya K002491820 Yes
s.coll. [408] Tanzania K002491900 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1539] Ethiopia K002491493 Yes
Tweedie [1669] Tanzania K002491914 Yes
Schimper [697] Ethiopia K002491499 Yes
Tanner, R. [3570] Tanzania K002491912 Yes
Tanner, R. [3470] Tanzania K002491922 Yes
Pappi, A. [5444] Eritrea K002491488 Yes
Ryding, O.; Ermias, K. [1279] Ethiopia K002491486 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3027] Tanzania K002491916 Yes
Martin [Beunt] [3051] Ethiopia K002491485 Yes
Kässner [266] Kenya K002491803 Yes
Welch, J.R. [365] Tanzania K002491919 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [3050] Tanzania K002491928 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3052] India Conyza asteroides K001118499 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3052] Conyza asteroides K001118501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3052] India Conyza asteroides K001118500 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3052] Conyza asteroides K001118498 Unknown Type Material Yes

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