Asteraceae

Laggera Sch.Bip. ex Benth.

First published in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 2: 290 (1873)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Réunion

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Chase, M.W. (2017). Plants of the World. An illustrated encyclopedia of vascular plants: 1-792. Kew Publishing, The university of Chicago Press.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 323.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Anderb. in Plant Syst. & Evol. 176: 161 (1991)
  • in G.P. 2: 290 (1873)
  • in K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 300 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1992 Schimper [939] Ethiopia K000274083 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Schimper [939] Ethiopia K000274081 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8936] Cameroon K000052061 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [14140] Angola K001307448 No
Luxen, F.J.J. [114] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003187927 Yes
Simmons [B 64] Somalia K003188009 Yes
Dalzell, N.A. [6] India K000974742 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Kotschy} [491] K003188007 Yes
Schimper [154] Ethiopia K000274080 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [154] Ethiopia K000274079 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [154] Ethiopia K000274078 Type Yes
{Kotschy} [491] Ethiopia K003188006 Yes
Kotschy [564] Ethiopia K000274082 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ironside-Wood [s.n.] Somalia K003188013 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K. [979] Sudan K003188015 Yes
Mwangoka, M.A.; Mgovano, A.; Mtandu, E. [6342] Tanzania K001769947 No
Moses, A.; Mwangoka, A.; Mgovano.; Kaberege, S. [6259] Tanzania K001890946 No
Newbould, J.G.B. [1076] Somalia K003188011 No
Schimper [236] Ethiopia K000274084 Type Yes
Schimper [236] Ethiopia K000274085 Type Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [761] Eritrea K000274089 Unknown Type Material Yes
Reekmans, M. [10283] Burundi K003187926 Yes
Friis, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K. [1508] Ethiopia K003188014 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5195] Burundi K003187928 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1969] Somalia K003188010 Yes
Lynes, H. [406] Sudan K003188008 Yes
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [425] Kenya K000311647 Type No

Sources

  • 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