Sphaeromorphaea

Sphaeromorphaea australis

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: Inuleae
Subtribus: Plucheinae
Genus: Sphaeromorphaea
Species: S. australis – S. ephemera – S. harrisii – S. littoralis – S. major – S. subintegra

Name

Sphaeromorphaea DC., Prodr. 6: 140. 1837[1838].

• Type species: Sphaeromorphaea australis (Less.) Kitam., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5(4): 276, japonice. (1936); et in Acta. Phytotax. & Geobot., Kyoto, 6: 80. (1937) originally designated as synonym Sphaeromorphaea russeliana DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6: 140. (1838).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan Regional: Indian subcontinent India Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam Regional: Southeastern Asia Malaya, Marianas, Philippines, Thailand Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Caledonia, New Guinea Regional: Australasia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia Introduced into: Great Britain, Taiwan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1838 ["1837"]. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 6: Sistens Compositarum continuationem. 687 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 6: 140

Additional references

• Bean, A.R. 2013. Reinstatement and revision of Sphaeromorphaea DC. and Ethuliopsis F. Muell. (Asteraceae: Plucheinae). Austrobaileya 9(1): 30–59. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sphaeromorphaea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Sphaeromorphaea. 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 January 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Sphaeromorphaea. Published online. Accessed: January 25 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Spreading Nut-heads

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