Galinsoga parviflora Cav.

First published in Icon. 3: 41 (1795)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Albania, Altay, Amur, Angola, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chatham Is., Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, District of Columbia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Réunion, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tasmania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Recorded in error in:

Oregon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Ghogue, J.-P. [1061] Cameroon K000746650 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9448] Cameroon K000108760 Yes
Mar 1, 1993 Hind, D.J.N.; Queiroz, R.F. [H50005] Brazil K000053660 Yes
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Simão, R.; Hind, D.J.N.; Fothergill, J.M. [25346] Brazil K000053661 Yes
Oct 1, 1977 Gossweiler, J. [9536] Angola K001307497 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 216] United Kingdom K000914479 Yes
Sukhorukov, A. [s.n.] Namibia K001572515 Yes
Gershoy, A. [8969] United States K001600875 Yes
Gershoy, A. [8968] United States K001600897 Yes
Jollyman [V.C.18] United Kingdom K002484864 No
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28336] Cameroon K000052342 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001031683 Yes
Dusén, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001031681 Yes
Dunlap [119] Cameroon K000052345 Yes
Lombardi, J.A. [2696] Brazil K001031678 Yes
Anderson, W.R.; Stieber, M.; Kirkbride, J.H., Jr. [35727] Brazil K001031680 Yes
Castellanos, A. [23522] Brazil K001031684 Yes
Chuml, H. [36A] Cameroon K000052344 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [778] Uganda K:SPC-04753.000 No
Irwin, H.S. [10992] Brazil K001031830 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [10992] Brazil K001031677 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001031682 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [36] Cameroon K000052346 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [9587] Cameroon K000052343 Yes
Lombardi, J.A. [2588] Brazil K001031679 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [0s.n.56] Cameroon K000052349 Yes

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