Asteraceae
Helichrysum

Helichrysum glumaceum DC.

First published in Prodr. 6: 197 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Arabian Peninsula, S. Iran. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, Iran, Kenya, Mauritania, Mozambique, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Prod. 6: 197 (1838).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (2015). Flora of Oman 3: 1-386. National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 212 (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Africa: 170, t. 94 (1987).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 264 (1963).
  • DC., Prodr. 6: 197 (1838).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 151 (1949).
  • Mesfin & T. Reilly in D.J.N. Hind et al. (eds), Adv. Comp. Syst.: 424 (1995).
  • Moeser in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 44: 253 (1910).
  • Richard, Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 427 (1848).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Mwachala, G. [1275] Kenya K000612512 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Schweinfurth, G. [303] Sudan K000274412 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Schweinfurth, G. [347] Sudan K000274411 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luke, P.A. & W.R.Q. [9050] Kenya K001567252 Yes
Schimper [433] Ethiopia K000274413 Type Yes
Kayombo, C.J.; Kitaba, K. [4221] Tanzania K000612969 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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