Crassocephalum

Crassocephalum rubens

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: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Senecioninae
Genus: Crassocephalum
Species: C. baoulense – C. bauchiense – C. bougheyanum – C. coeruleum – C. crepidioides – C. ducis-aprutii – C. effusum – C. goetzenii – C. gracile – C. guineense – C. kassnerianum – C. lemuricum – C. libericum – C. macropappus – C. manampanihense – C. montuosum – C. paludum – C. × picridifolium – C. radiatum – C. rubens – C. sonchifolium – C. splendens – C. togoense – C. torreanum – C. uvens – C. vitellinum

Source(s) of checklist:
Tropicos.org 2018. Crassocephalum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb. 2018.

Name

Crassocephalum Moench, Methodus: 516 (1794).

Type species: Crassocephalum cernuum (L.f.) Moench (= Crassocephalum rubens (Juss. ex Jacq.) S.Moore (Belcher, 1955))

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Cremocephalum Cass. in F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 34: 389 (1825), nom. superfl. pro Crassocephalum Moench
Heterotypic
- Senecio subg. Gynuropsis Muschl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 38 (1909).
Misapplied names
- Gynura sensu Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 445 (1873), non Cass., nom. cons.
  - Gynura is the correct name when it and Crassocephalum are synonymized.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Cape Verde.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Turkey (introduced).
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Yemen.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet (introduced).
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced)
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa, Malaya, Philippines, Christmas Island.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland.
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, Niue, Tonga.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Marquesas, Society Islands.
- Regional: Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands, Marianas.
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida (introduced).
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Moench, C. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis vol. 1–2, 780 pp., Marburgi Cattorum: Nova Libraria Academiae. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.304 Reference page.

Additional references

Belcher, R.O. 1955. The Typification of Crassocephalum Moench and Gynura Cass. Kew Bulletin 10(3): 455–465 DOI: 10.2307/4109235 Reference page.
Jeffrey, C. 1986. The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV. Kew Bulletin 41(4): 873–943. DOI: 10.2307/4102988 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Crassocephalum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jun 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Crassocephalum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jun 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Crassocephalum. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jun 2023. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Crassocephalum. Accessed: 25 Jun 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Ragleaf

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