African Plant Database


Sonchus asper (L.) Hill subsp. asper
Information on the genus : Sonchus
Basionym : Sonchus oleraceus var. asper L.
 
 
Status
Status for NA : accepted (present)
Status for SA : accepted (naturalised-introduced)
Status for TA : accepted (indigenous)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Sonchus oleraceus var. asper L. (1753)
 Sonchus asper (L.) Hill (1769)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Sonchus gigas subsp. medius Boulos ex Humbert
=Sonchus gigas Boulos ex Humbert (1963) quoad descr. lat. et typum, excl. descr. gall.
=Sonchus tibesticus Quézel (1959)
=Sonchus asper var. inermis Bisch. (1909)
=Sonchus asper var. pungens Bisch.
=Sonchus asper var. integrifolia Lowe (1868)
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : biology: annual (occ. perennial)- Herb- Ht 0.2 - 2 m. Alt 5 - 1700 m. Distribution: BOT, LES, NAM, FS, GA, KN, LP, NC, NW, WC, SWZ

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • EXELL, A. & WILD, H. (1992). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 6[1]: 228-229

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 4: 330 (1997).
  • Fl. Trop. E. Africa Compositae[1]: 97-98 (2000)
  • Bothalia 38[2]: 128 (2008).

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • Cat. Pl. Maroc 3: 847 (1934).
  • NÈGRE, R. (1962). Petite flore des régions arides du Maroc occidental. CNRS, Paris. 2: 362
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  • JEFFREY, C. (1979). Compositae In L. BOULOS (ed.) - A check-list of the Libyan flora. 3. Compositae. Candollea 34: 315
  • Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] 2: 1118 (1981).
  • HANSEN, A. & P. SUNDING (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295
  • VALDÉS, B., REJDALI, M., ACHHAL EL KADMIRI, JURY, (2002). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Nord du Maroc, incluant des clés d'identification. II 2: 675
  • Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 3: 312 (2002).
  • BOULOS, L. & E. LE FLOC'H (2008). Flore de Tunisie: catalogue synonymique commenté : 108
  • BORGES P.A.V., C. ABREU & AL. (2008). A list of the terrestrial fungi, flora and fauna of Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos. Direcção Regional do Ambiente da Madeira and Universidade dos Açores : 202
  • IBN TATTOU, M. & M. FENNANE (2009). Flore vasculaire du Maroc, inventaire et chorologie [2]. Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 39: 116
  • FENNANE, M., M. IBN TATTOU, J. MATHEZ, A. OUYAHYA (2014). Flore Pratique du Maroc [vol.3] Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 3: 320
 
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