Asteraceae
Echinops

Echinops longifolius A.Rich.

First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 452 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and Tanzania.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 375.
  • F.T.A. 3: 431
  • Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 452, t. 61 (1848)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 452, t. 61 (1848).
  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 227 (1994).
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 22: 120 (1968).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 290, fig. 264 (1963) pro parte, excl. fig. 264.
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 25 (1956).
  • Lisowski, Aster. Fl. Afr. Centr.: 581 (1991).
  • Mesfin & Berhanu in Mitt. Inst. Bot. Hamburg 23b: 618, t. 4a (1990).
  • Mesfin in Kew Bulletin 52: 895 (1997).
  • Oliv. & Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 431 (1877).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2019 Tessmann, G. [2471] Cameroon K000373981 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 2019 Schweinfurth, G. [480] Ethiopia K000418424 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Laferrere, M. [146] Mali K000391811 Yes
Hancock [2391] Uganda K002010789 Yes
[Gaurdea] [391] Uganda K002010798 Yes
Tweedie [3652] Kenya K002010802 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [2256] Tanzania K002010807 Yes
James, E. (Sir) [s.n.] Uganda K002010801 Yes
Okello-Degaouchii, J.P.T. [O.-D. 48] Uganda K002010793 Yes
Maitland [1167] Uganda K002010799 Yes
[Keth.aws] [861] Uganda K002010791 Yes
Hancock [2391] Uganda K002010796 Yes
Peter, G.A. [37663] Uganda K002010809 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [248] Uganda K002010794 Yes
Quartin-Dillon [s.n.] Ethiopia K000418425 Type Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P1070] Uganda K002010790 Yes
Schimper [941] Ethiopia K000418426 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [941] Ethiopia K000418427 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B2469] Kenya K002010803 Yes
Adam, J.G. [15094] Mali K000391812 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E1649] Uganda K002010792 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [s.n.] Uganda K002010797 Yes
Kerr, T.; Tweedie [3403] Kenya K002010804 Yes
Laferrere, M. [69] Mali K000391813 No
Kerr, J.; Tweedie [3288] Kenya K002010805 Yes
Speke (Capt.); Grant (Capt.) [s.n.] Uganda K002010795 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [2256] Tanzania K002010808 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1167] Uganda K002010800 Yes
Williams, G.R. [178] Kenya K002010806 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0