Asteraceae
Helichrysum

Helichrysum foetidum (L.) Moench

First published in Methodus: 575 (1794)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula. It is a biennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

France, Hawaii, Madeira, Portugal, Réunion, Spain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 3: 352, partly (excl. syn. B. mannii).
  • Meth. Pl. 575 (1794)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.J. Scott in Fl. Mascar. 109: 63 (1993).
  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 212, t. 87 (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Africa: 170, fig. 368 (1987).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 264 (1963).
  • Cass. in Dict. Sci. Nat. 25: 469 (1822).
  • DC., Prodr. 6: 187 (1838).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 35 (1956).
  • Hilliard, Flora of Southern Africa 33, 7 (2): 304 (1983).
  • Mesfin & T. Reilly in D.J.N. Hind et al. (eds), Adv. Comp. Syst.: 436 (1995).
  • Moench, Meth. Pl.: 575 (1794).
  • Moeser in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 44: 336 (1910).
  • Oliv. & Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 352 (1877).
  • Richard, Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 426 (1848).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9182] Cameroon K000108705 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Richards, H.M. [13854] Tanzania K000274607 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Keay, R.W.J. [28643] Cameroon K000052221 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Breteler, F.J. [145] Cameroon K000052220 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Daramola, B., O. [FHI 40524] Cameroon K000052219 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Morton, J.K. [864] Cameroon K000052214 Yes
Jan 1, 1953 Boughey, A.S. [6810] Cameroon K000052215 Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Morton, J.K. [7101] Cameroon K000052216 Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Morton, J.K. [6788] Cameroon K000052217 Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Boughey, A.S. [6930] Cameroon K000052213 Yes
Ash [1276] Ethiopia K:SPC-35629.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [28635] Cameroon K000052212 Yes
{C. v. d. Merwe} [2396] South Africa K002326486 Yes
Maude, A.H. [22] South Africa K002326495 Yes
Barbosa, G.; Balsinhas, A. [4926] Mozambique K001612979 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1993] Cameroon K000052200 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [759] South Africa K002326488 Yes
Ash [1305] Ethiopia K:SPC-35622.000 No
Mwangoka, M.A.; Mwasumbi, L.; Mwangulango, N. [1185] Tanzania K000372668 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002326492 Yes
Gerstner, J. [4828] South Africa K002326489 Yes
Drewe, P.B. [282] South Africa K002326485 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [11555] Cameroon K000052218 No
Maitland, T.D. [969a] Cameroon K000052204 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [9575] Cameroon K000052203 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [10769] Cameroon K000052201 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [8308] Cameroon K000052209 Yes
Mann, G. [1916] Cameroon K000052211 Yes
Williams, S.L. [1126] South Africa K002326490 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] South Africa K002326497 Yes
Wild, H. [6321] South Africa K002326487 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1465] Cameroon K000052205 No
Fourcade, H.G. [3928] South Africa K002326496 Yes
Dunlap [194] Cameroon K000052210 Yes
Pegler, A. [998] South Africa K002326494 Yes
Ethiopia K000274444 Unknown Type Material Yes
Etuge, M.; Thomas, D. [101] Cameroon K000662233 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [251] Cameroon K000052206 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3283] South Africa K002326493 Yes

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0