Sphaeranthus

Sphaeranthus
Sphaeranthus indicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Inuleae[1]
Genus: Sphaeranthus
L.
Type species
Sphaeranthus indicus
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Oligolepis Wight
  • Tisserantia Humbert
  • Sphaeranthus sect. Eusphaeranthus DC.
  • Polycephalos Forssk.
  • Oligolepis Cass. ex DC.

Sphaeranthus is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the stinkwort tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

Species[1]
  1. Sphaeranthus africanus - Tanzania, Madagascar, Iran, Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, northern Australia
  2. Sphaeranthus amaranthoides - Sri Lanka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
  3. Sphaeranthus angolensis - Angola
  4. Sphaeranthus angustifolius - Madagascar
  5. Sphaeranthus bullatus - Tanzania
  6. Sphaeranthus chandleri - Uganda
  7. Sphaeranthus confertifolius - Kenya
  8. Sphaeranthus cristatus - Tanzania
  9. Sphaeranthus epigaeus - South Africa
  10. Sphaeranthus fischeri - Tanzania
  11. Sphaeranthus flexuosus - South Africa, Zambia
  12. Sphaeranthus foliosus
  13. Sphaeranthus greenwayi - Tanzania
  14. Sphaeranthus indicus - Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, northern Australia
  15. Sphaeranthus kirkii - Tanzania
  16. Sphaeranthus mimetes - Tanzania
  17. Sphaeranthus mozambiquensis - Mozambique
  18. Sphaeranthus neglectus - South Africa, Madagascar
  19. Sphaeranthus oppositifolius - Tanzania
  20. Sphaeranthus peduncularis - South Africa
  21. Sphaeranthus ramosus - Ethiopia
  22. Sphaeranthus randii - Zimbabwe, Tanzania
  23. Sphaeranthus salinarum
  24. Sphaeranthus samburuensis - Kenya
  25. Sphaeranthus senegalensis
  26. Sphaeranthus similis - Angola
  27. Sphaeranthus spathulatus - Tanzania
  28. Sphaeranthus steetzii - Ethiopia
  29. Sphaeranthus strobiliferus - Tanzania
  30. Sphaeranthus stuhlmannii - Tanzania
  31. Sphaeranthus suaveolens - Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi
  32. Sphaeranthus ukambensis - Kenya
  33. Sphaeranthus wattii - South Africa
  34. Sphaeranthus zavattarii - Ethiopia
formerly included[1]

several species now in other genera: of Athroisma Pterocaulon

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 927 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Sphaeranthus L.
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