Asteraceae

Dahlia Cav.

First published in Icon. 1: 56 (1791)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Colombia.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Introduced into:

Assam, Baleares, Baltic States, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Cook Is., Cuba, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Leeward Is., Madeira, Myanmar, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Romania, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tubuai Is., Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Pringle, C.G. [3164] Mexico K000497479 Type Yes
Street, A. [s.n.] K001769503 No
Street, A. [s.n.] K001769502 No
S. Andres; Miguel, S. [668] Mexico K000009971 Isotype Yes
Panero, J.L.; Villaseñor, J.L.; Villarreal, J.A. [5815] Mexico K001276241 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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