Crassocephalum crepidioides

Crassocephalum crepidioides

Crassocephalum crepidioides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Senecioninae
Genus: Crassocephalum
Species: Crassocephalum crepidioides

Name

Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore, 1912

• Type location: "Sierra Leone"
• Holotype: G. Don s.n. (BM 000924608)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Crassocephalum diversifolium var. crepidioides (Benth.) Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 595 (1898)
  • Gynura crepidioides Benth. in Niger Fl.: 438 (1849)
  • Senecio crepidioides (Benth.) Asch. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 155 (1867)
• Heterotypic
  • Crassocephalum crepidioides var. luteum Steen. in J. Indian Bot. Soc. 46: 467 (1967)
  • Crassocephalum crepidioides f. luteum (Steen.) Belcher in Kew Bull. 44: 540 (1989)
  • Crassocephalum diversifolium Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 594 (1898), nom. superfl.
  • Crassocephalum diversifolium var. polycephalum (Benth.) Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 594 (1898)
  • Gynura diversifolia Sch.Bip. ex Asch. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 156 (1867)
  • Gynura microcephala Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 328 (1875)
  • Gynura polycephala Benth. in Niger Fl.: 437 (1849)
  • Senecio diversifolius A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 437 (1848), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa South Africa (Transvaal, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Benin, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Gabon, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Senegal, Angola, Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Moore, Spencer (1912) J. Bot. London 50:211.

Additional references

• Jeffrey, C. (1986) "The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV" Kew Bull. 41(4):873-943 DOI: 10.2307/4102988

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Crassocephalum crepidioides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Crassocephalum crepidioides. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 27 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Crassocephalum crepidioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Crassocephalum crepidioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: ebolo, thickhead, redflower ragleaf, fireweed
Bahasa Indonesia: Sintrong
日本語: ベニバナボロギク
മലയാളം: അപ്പൂപ്പൻതാടി
Sunda: Sintrong
ไทย: ผักกาดช้าง
Tiếng Việt: Rau tàu bay
中文: 野茼蒿

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