Asteraceae
Launaea

Launaea rarifolia (Oliv. & Hiern) Boulos

First published in Bot. Not. 115: 59 (1962)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Boulos in Bot. Notis. 115: 59 (1962).
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 18: 464 (1966).
  • G.V. Pope in Flora Zambesiaca 6: 215, t. 40a (1992).
  • Lawalrée, Dethier & Gilissen in Flore d'Afrique Centrale Compositae: Cichorioideae: 16 (1986).
  • N. Kilian in Englera 17: 114 (1997).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1990 Brunt, M.A. [64] Cameroon K000027694 No
Jan 1, 1938 Scott Elliot, G.F. [2712] Madagascar K000251751 Type Yes
Meller, C., J. K000251749 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Central African Republic K001612949 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1863] Cameroon K000027695 No
Stupe [illegible] [1224] Nigeria K000251718 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dümmer, R. [3032] Uganda K002065535 No
Gossweiler, J. [1163 et 1168] Angola K001307253 No
Gossweiler, J. [1938] Angola K001307254 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9530] Zambia K001569799 Yes
Gossweiler, G. [479] Angola K000251747 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gossweiler, J. [14045] Angola K000508693 Yes
Osborne, J.; Darbyshire, I.; Matimele, H.; Mucaleque, P.; Silveiro, I.; Tanleque, C. [JO1296] Mozambique K000569622 Yes
Welwitsch, Dr. [3662] Angola K000251748 Syntype Yes
Parker, G.W. Madagascar K000251752 Holotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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