Asteraceae
Launaea

Launaea angustifolia (Desf.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 351 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. & E. Medit. to S. Iraq and Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tunisia, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Watson, G.A. [s.n.] K002034320 No
{Mrs. V. Dickson} [406] K002034341 No
{Guest; Rawi; Rechinger} [18929] K002034326 No
Collenette, I.S. [2437] K002034317 No
Boulos, L.; Cope, T.A. [17645] K002034342 No
{Guest; Rawi; Rechinger} [18741] K002034325 No
Collenette, I.S. [4109] K001730305 No
Rawi; Gillett [6315] K002034322 No
Rechinger, K.H. [8571] K002034331 No
Khatib; Alizzi [33476] K002034329 No
s.coll. [42190] K002034324 No
Alizzi; Omar, S. [35579] K002034323 No
Rawi; Gillett [6148] K002034328 No
Collenette, I.S. [4111] K002034318 No
{Guest; Rawi; Rechinger} [16954] K002034327 No
Alizzi; Omar, S. [34981] K002034330 No
{Al- Kaisi; Hamad, K.; Hamid, H.} [48579] K002034319 No
Collenette, I.S. [4036] K002034316 No
Karim, F.; Noori, M.; Hamid, H.; Kadhim, H. [40063] K002034321 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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