Andrachne aspera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Unieurosida Ordo: Malpighiales

Andrachne aspera Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 884 (1826).

Heterotypic
- Andrachne aspera var. glandulosa Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 254 (1850).
- Andrachne aspera var. maritima A.Terracc., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 98 (1894).
- Andrachne gruvelii Daveau, Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 60: 13 (1905).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Egypt, Morocco.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Cape Verde (doubtfully present).
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Mauritania.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Pakistan.

Sprengel, C. 1826. Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta. Vol. III: Classis 16–23. 936 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. 2000. World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (with Pandaceae) 1–4: 1–1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page.

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