Asteraceae

Dicoma Cass.

First published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 12 (1817)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Africa, Sinai to Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf States, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Algeria, Libya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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

  • C. F. Wilson in Kew Bull. 1923: 377.
  • —F.T.A. 3: 442

Flora Zambesiaca

  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bull.21, 2: 208 (1967).
  • F.C. Wilson in Bull. Misc. Inf., Kew1923: 377 (1923).
  • Hilliard, Compos. Natal: 582 (1977).
  • Lawalrée & Mvukiyumwami in Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg.52: 151 (1982).
  • Wild in Kirkia 8: 178 (1972).
  • in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris1817: 12 (1817).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by S. Ortiz & J. Rodríguez-Oubiña [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Ortiz, Rodrígues-Oubiña & Mesfin Tadesse in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: 440–459 (1998).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F.C. Wilson in K.B. 1923: 377 (1923)
  • G.V. Pope in K.B. 46: 699 (1991)
  • K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.:99 (1994)
  • in Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 12 (1817)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1995 Thulin, M.; Dahir, A.M. [6620] Somalia K000252240 Paratype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Gilbert, M.G.; Ensermu, K.; Vollesen, K. [7870] Ethiopia K000252237 Paratype Yes
Drake-Brockman, R.E. [960] Somalia K000252243 Holotype Yes
Newbould, J., G. B. [1013] Somalia K000252246 Type Yes
Balkwill, K.; Williamson, S.; Smith, S. [9819] South Africa K001559297 No
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [22104] Somalia K000252244 Type Yes
Loeb, E.M. [232] South Africa K001559296 No
Bullock, A.A. [2903] Tanzania K000252252 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Beckett, J.J. [23263] Somalia K000252245 Type Yes
{Dinter} [3525] K001559295 No
Gilbert, M.G.; K. Ensermu; K. Vollesen [7781] Ethiopia K000252238 Paratype Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; K. Vollesen [3686] Ethiopia K000252236 Type Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson., R.M. [22175] Somalia K000252239 Holotype Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Watson., R.M. [23375] Somalia K000252242 Type Yes
Leighton, F.M. [2571] South Africa K001559294 No
Kuchar, P. [17653] Somalia K000252241 Holotype Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

  • 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/