Asteraceae
Laggera

Laggera alata (D.Don) Sch.Bip. ex Oliv.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 94 (1873)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Réunion

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Qaiser, M. & Abid, R. (2003). Flora of Pakistan 210: 1-215. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Blumea alata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Grosvenor, R.K. [515] Zimbabwe K002643973 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [165/62] Zambia K002643974 Yes
Horsfield, T. [252] Indonesia K000974741 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [304] China K003187579 No
Smith, P.A. [1410] Botswana K002643989 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [1061] Botswana K002643986 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [5917] Indonesia K000974740 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eyles, F. [808] Zimbabwe K002643972 Yes
Loher, A. [3661] Philippines K000974739 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [3901] Angola K002643990 Yes
Chase, N.C. [6518] Zimbabwe K002643975 Yes
Cuming, H. [988] Philippines K000974738 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [3902] Angola K002643991 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000974746 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [3039] Indian Subcontinent K000974745 Unknown Type Material Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [1061] Botswana K002643987 Yes
Zeyher; Wallich [912] South Africa Blumea alata K003187427 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images