Sclerocarpus

Sclerocarpus africanus

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: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Helianthinae
Genus: Sclerocarpus
Species: S. africanus – S. baranguillae – S. divaricatus – S. multifidus – S. papposus – S. phyllocephalus – S. sessilifolius – S. spathulatus – S. uniserialis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sclerocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 01. Reference page.

Name

Sclerocarpus Jacq., 1781

• Type species: Sclerocarpus africanus Jacq.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa, America & Asia Angola, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Texas, Togo, Venezuela, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Tibet References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jacquin, N.J. 1781–1786. Icones Plantarum Rariorum. Vol. 1., 20 pp., pl. 1–200. Vindobonae. BHL Reference page. : 1: 17, pl. 176.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Sclerocarpus. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 21 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Sclerocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Sclerocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Feb. 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Sclerocarpus. 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 Feb. 21. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: bonebract

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