Launaea procumbens

Launaea procumbens

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: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Hyoseridinae
Genus: Launaea
Species: Launaea procumbens

Name

Launaea procumbens (Roxb.) Amin, Tackh. Stud. Fl. Egypt, 84 (1956)

Synonyms

• Ammoseris nudicaulis (L.) D. Dietr.
• Atalanthus nudicaulis (L.) Pomel
• Brachyramphus obtusus A. P. DC.
• Lactuca flava Forsk.
• Lactuca obtusa (DC.) C. B. Cl.
• Launaea fallax (Jaubert & Spach) Kuntze
• Launaea obtusa (DC.) Mundhe & Almeida
• Launaea procumbens (Roxb.) Ramayya & Rajagopal
• Lomatolepis nudicaulis (L.) Cass.
• Microrhynchus arabicus Jaub. & Spach
• Microrhynchus fallax Jaub. & Spach
• Microrhynchus nudicaulis (L.) Less.
• Paramicrorhynchus procumbens (Roxb.) Kirpicz.
• Prenanthes obtusa (DC.) Buch.-Ham.
• Prenanthes procumbens Roxb.
• Prenanthes runcinata Lag.
• Rhabdotheca sonchoides Cass.
• Scorzonera dichotoma Vahl
• Sonchus lakouensis S. Y. Hu
• Sonchus leucodon Fisch. & C. A. Mey. ex Ledeb.
• Sonchus mairei H. Lév.
• onchus nudicaulis (L.) Sch. Bip.
• Youngia alashanica H. C. Fu
• Youngia procumbens (Roxb.) DC.
• Zollikoferia fallax (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie Bahrain, Egypt (Eastern Desert), Iran (E-Iran, S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, S-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert), Kuwait, Oman (Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir), Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai), Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen), Afghanistan (Baghlan, Farah, Helmand, Herat, Jawzjan / Sar-e-Pol, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Nangarhar, Nimroz, Paktia / Khost, Takhar), Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China (Gansu, Nei Mongol, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan), Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, Waziristan, Kurram, N.W.Frontier Prov., Hazara, Pakistani Punjab), Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu), India (widespread, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu), Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Amin, A. 1956: Kew Bulletin. Kew, England 23:465. 1969

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Launaea procumbens. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Launaea procumbens. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 23 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Launaea procumbens in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 23.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Launaea procumbens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Launaea procumbens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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