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Sonchus oleraceus L.
Family : ASTERACEAE
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 2: 794 (1753)  
Information on the genus : Sonchus
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (present)
Status for NA : accepted (present)
Status for SA : accepted (naturalised-introduced)
Status for TA : accepted (indigenous)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Sonchus oleraceus L. subsp. oleraceus
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=*Sonchus gracilis Sennen (1933) non Phil.
=Sonchus oleraceus var. integrifolius Wallr.
=Sonchus oleraceus var. lacerus (Willd.) Wallr.
=Sonchus oleraceus var. triangularis Wallr.
=*Sonchus spinulifolius Sennen (1933)
=Sonchus oleraceus subsp. angustissimus H. Lindb. (1932)
=Sonchus tenerrimus var. angustissimus (H. Lindb.) Jahand. & Maire (1934)
 
Taxon infra-specific
Sonchus oleraceus L. subsp. oleraceus
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : biology: annual- Herb- Ht 0.1 - 1.5 m. Alt 3 - 1800 m. Distribution: BOT, LES, NAM, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, WC, SWZ
Mada.
Biol./Eco : Herb; distribution: Naturalised in Madagascar.

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • Peyre de Fabrègues B. & J. P. Lebrun (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort
  • Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
  • Exell, A. & Wild, H. (1992). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 6[1]: 229
  • Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:161 (2012)
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 65 (1985).
  • Food plants of Zimbabwe : 55 (1986).
  • Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 4: 330 (1997).
  • Fl. Trop. E. Africa Compositae[1]: 98 (2000)

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • Fl. Atlant. 2: 224 (1799). 
  • Fl. Algérie [Munby] : 87 (1847). 
  • Lowe, R. T. (1868). Manual Flora of Madeira and hte Adjacent Islands of Porto Santo and the Desertas. London
  • Battandier, J.A & L.C. Trabut (1889). Flore de l'Algérie [Dicot] 1(2): 556  
  • Iles Canaries [Pitard & Proust]: 257 (1908 [1909]) 
  • Durand, E. & Baratte (1910). Florae Libycae Prodromus ou catalogue raisonné des plantes de Tripolitaine.
  • Cat. Pl. Maroc 3: 848 (1934). 
  • NÈGRE, R. (1962). Petite flore des régions arides du Maroc occidental. 2: 360
  • Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 2: 1078 (1963).
  • Fl. Eur. 4: 327 (1976).
  • 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).
  • ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1983). Flora of Libya. 107: 398
  • OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore et végétation du Sahara. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
  • LEBRUN, J. P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Mauritanie et du Sahara occidental. Boissiera 55: 197
  • VALDÉS, B., REJDALI, M., ACHHAL EL KADMIRI, JURY, J. L. & J. M. MONTSERRAT (2002). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Nord du Maroc, incluant des clés d'identification. II 2: 675
  • Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 3: 309 (2002).
  • BOULOS, L. & E. LE FLOC'H (2008). Flore de Tunisie : catalogue synonymique commenté
  • List Fungi, Fl. Fau. Madeira Selv. Arch. : 202 (2008).
  • Ibn Tattou, M. & M. Fennane (2009). Flore vasculaire du Maroc, inventaire et chorologie [2]. Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 39: 117
  • FENNANE, M., M. IBN TATTOU, J. MATHEZ, A. OUYAHYA & J. EL OUALIDI (éd.) (2014). Flore Pratique du Maroc [vol.3] Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 3: 323
 
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