Sphaeranthus
Genus of plants
Sphaeranthus | |
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Sphaeranthus indicus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Inuleae |
Genus: | Sphaeranthus L. |
Type species | |
Sphaeranthus indicus L. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Sphaeranthus is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
- Species[1]
- Sphaeranthus africanus - Tanzania, Madagascar, Iran, Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, northern Australia
- Sphaeranthus amaranthoides - Sri Lanka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Sphaeranthus angolensis - Angola
- Sphaeranthus angustifolius - Madagascar
- Sphaeranthus bullatus - Tanzania
- Sphaeranthus chandleri - Uganda
- Sphaeranthus confertifolius - Kenya
- Sphaeranthus cristatus - Tanzania
- Sphaeranthus epigaeus - South Africa
- Sphaeranthus fischeri - Tanzania
- Sphaeranthus flexuosus - South Africa, Zambia
- Sphaeranthus foliosus
- Sphaeranthus greenwayi - Tanzania
- Sphaeranthus indicus - Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, northern Australia
- Sphaeranthus kirkii - Tanzania
- Sphaeranthus mimetes - Tanzania
- Sphaeranthus mozambiquensis - Mozambique
- Sphaeranthus neglectus - South Africa, Madagascar
- Sphaeranthus oppositifolius - Tanzania
- Sphaeranthus peduncularis - South Africa
- Sphaeranthus ramosus - Ethiopia
- Sphaeranthus randii - Zimbabwe, Tanzania
- Sphaeranthus salinarum
- Sphaeranthus samburuensis - Kenya
- Sphaeranthus senegalensis
- Sphaeranthus similis - Angola
- Sphaeranthus spathulatus - Tanzania
- Sphaeranthus steetzii - Ethiopia
- Sphaeranthus strobiliferus - Tanzania
- Sphaeranthus stuhlmannii - Tanzania
- Sphaeranthus suaveolens - Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi
- Sphaeranthus ukambensis - Kenya
- Sphaeranthus wattii - South Africa
- Sphaeranthus zavattarii - Ethiopia
- formerly included[1]
several species now in other genera: of Athroisma Pterocaulon
- Sphaeranthus elongatus - Pterocaulon redolens
- Sphaeranthus erectus - Pterocaulon sphacelatum
- Sphaeranthus laciniatus - Athroisma laciniatum
- Sphaeranthus gracilis - Athroisma gracile
References
- ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 927 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Sphaeranthus L.
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