Andrachne L.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Gulf States, Haiti, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

France

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
• Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Bulletin

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• Samuel, R., Kathriarachchi, H., Hoffmann, P., Barfuss, M. H. J., Wurdack, K. J., Davis, C. C. & Chase, M. W. (2005). Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae: Evidence from plastid matK and nuclear PHYC sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 92: 132 – 141.
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Flora Zambesiaca

• Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 444 (1754).
• Müller Argoviensis in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 232 (1866).
• Pax & K. Hoffmann in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, xv] 81: 169 (1922).
• Sp. Pl.: 1014 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

• Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• G.P. 3(1): 270 (1880)
• Hutch. in F.T.A. 6(1): 632 (1912)
• L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 444 (1754)
• Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 232 (1866)
• Pax & K. Hoffm. in E.P. IV. 147(15): 169 (1922)
• Sp. Pl.: 1014 (1753)