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Taxon: Pentanema indicum (L.) Y. Ling

Genus: Pentanema
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 401880
Place of publication: Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10:179. 1965
Comment: although treated here as feminine, in accordance with botanical tradition (Vienna ICBN Art. 62.1), the genus is of neuter gender according to NCU
Name verified on: 24-Sep-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Sep-2008
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia
    East Tropical Africa: Tanzania; Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Central African Republic; Zaire
    West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Ghana; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone
    South Tropical Africa: Angola; Zambia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India - Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
    Indo-China: Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam

References:

  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed) [= Inula indica L.].
  • Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of China Checklist - on-line resource. (L China)
  • Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district. (F Hassan) [= Vicoa indica (L.) DC.].
  • Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India. (F India)
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Pentanema indicum (L.) Y. Ling:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401880 (22 November 2009)

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