Crassocephalum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Senecioninae
Genus: Crassocephalum
Species: C. baoulense – C. bauchiense – C. bougheyanum – C. coeruleum – C. crepidioides – C. ducis-aprutii – C. effusum – C. goetzenii – C. gracile – C. guineense – C. kassnerianum – C. lemuricum – C. libericum – C. macropappus – C. manampanihense – C. montuosum – C. paludum – C. ×picridifolium – C. radiatum – C. rubens – C. sonchifolium – C. splendens – C. togoense – C. torreanum – C. uvens – C. vitellinum

Source(s) of checklist:

Tropicos.org 2018. Crassocephalum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 27.

Name

Crassocephalum Moench, Methodus: 516. 1794.

Type species: Crassocephalum cernuum (L.f.) Moench (= Crassocephalum rubens (Juss. ex Jacq.) S.Moore (Belcher, 1955))

Synonyms

Homotypic
Cremocephalum Cass. in F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 34: 389. 1825, nom. superfl. pro Crassocephalum Moench
Heterotypic
Senecio subg. Gynuropsis Muschl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 38. 1909.
Misapplied names
Gynura sensu Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 445. 1873, non Cass., nom. cons.
Gynura is the correct name when it and Crassocephalum are synonymized.

References

Moench, C. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis. 780 pp., Marburgi Cattorum: Nova Libraria Academiae. BHL Reference page.
Belcher, R.O. 1955. The Typification of Crassocephalum Moench and Gynura Cass. Kew Bulletin 10(3): 455–465 DOI: 10.2307/4109235 Reference page.
Jeffrey, C. 1986. The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV. Kew Bulletin 41(4): 873–943. DOI: 10.2307/4102988 Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Crassocephalum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Crassocephalum. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 27 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Crassocephalum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 27.
Tropicos.org 2018. Crassocephalum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 27.

Vernacular names
English: Ragleaf

Crassocephalum is a genus the common names of whose members include ragleaf, thickhead, and bologi. Several species are raised as leaf vegetables and used for medicine, especially in West Africa. Similar to Senecio, but differing in never having ray florets. A calyculus of short bracts (c.1/4 to 1/5 of the length of the inner phyllaries) is present. The genus is typically thistle-like in appearance, but all parts are soft and not spiny.[1]
Species

Species include:[2]

Crassocephalum afromontanum R.E. Fr., Acta Horti Berg. 9: 144, 1928
Crassocephalum aurantiacum (Blume) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 331, 1891
Crassocephalum auriformis S. Moore, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 171, 1904
Crassocephalum baoulense (Hutch. & Dalziel) Milne-Redh., Kew Bull. 5: 377, 1951
Crassocephalum bauchiense (Hutch.) Milne-Redh., Kew Bull. 5: 376, 1951
Crassocephalum behmianum (Muschl.) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50: 212, 1912
Crassocephalum biafrae (Oliv. & Hiern) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50: 211, 1912
Crassocephalum bojeri (DC.) Robyns, Fl. Spermat. Parc Natl. Albert 2: 544, 1947
Crassocephalum bougheyanum C.D. Adams, J. W. African Sci. Assoc. 3: 111, 1957
Crassocephalum bumbense S. Moore, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 47: 279, 1925
Crassocephalum butaguensis (Muschl.) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50: 211, 1912
Crassocephalum cernuum (L. f.) Moench, Suppl. Pl. 370, 1781
Crassocephalum coeruleum (O. Hoffm.) R.E. Fr., Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo Exp. 342, 1916
Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50(595): 211–212, 1912
Crassocephalum diversifolium Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1(3): 594, 1898
Crassocephalum ducis-aprutii (Chiov.) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50: 212, 1912
Crassocephalum effusum (Mattf.) C. Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 41(4): 907, 1986
Crassocephalum flavum Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 2: 265, 1834
Crassocephalum gossweileri S. Moore, J. Bot. 56: 226, 1918
Crassocephalum gracile (Hook. f.) Milne-Redh. ex Guinea, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 1: 307, 1951
Crassocephalum guineense C.D. Adams, J. W. African Sci. Assoc. 8: 129, 1964
Crassocephalum heteromorphum (Hutch. & Burtt.) C. Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 41(4): 908, 1986
Crassocephalum lemuricum (Humbert) Humbert, Fl. Madagasc. 189(3): 832, 1963
Crassocephalum libericum S. Moore, J. Bot. 54: 282, 1916
Crassocephalum longirameum S. Moore, J. Bot. 58: 46, 1920
Crassocephalum luteum (Humbert) Humbert, Fl. Madagasc. 189(3): 836, 1963
Crassocephalum macropappus (Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich.) S. Moore, J. Bot. 1912(1): 212, 1912
Crassocephalum manampanihense (Humbert) Humbert, Fl. Madagasc. 189(3): 835, 1963
Crassocephalum mannii (Hook. f.) Milne-Redh., Kew Bull. 5: 377, 1951
Crassocephalum miniatum (Welw.) Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 595, 1898
Crassocephalum montuosum (S. Moore) Milne-Redh., Kew Bull. 5: 376, 1951
Crassocephalum multicorymbosum (Klatt) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50: 211, 1912
Crassocephalum notonioides S. Moore, J. Bot. 40: 341, 1902
Crassocephalum paludum C. Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 41(4): 906, 1986
Crassocephalum picridifolium (DC.) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50: 212, 1912
Crassocephalum radiatum S. Moore, J. Bot. 56: 227, 1918
Crassocephalum rubens (B. Juss. ex Jacq.) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50: 212, 1912
Crassocephalum ruwenzoriensis S. Moore, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35: 352, 1902
Crassocephalum sarcobasis (DC.) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50: 211, 1912
Crassocephalum scandens (O. Hoffm.) Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 595, 1898
Crassocephalum sonchifolium (Baker) Humbert, Fl. Madagasc. 189(3): 834, 1963
Crassocephalum sonchifolium (L.) Less., Linnaea 6(2): 252, 1831
Crassocephalum splendens C. Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 41: 905, 1986
Crassocephalum subscandens (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50: 211, 1912
Crassocephalum togoense C.D. Adams, J. W. African Sci. Assoc. 1: 27, 1954
Crassocephalum uvens (Hiern) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50: 212, 1912
Crassocephalum valerianifolium (Link ex Spreng.) Less., Linnaea 5(1): 163, 1830
Crassocephalum vitellinum (Benth.) S. Moore, J. Bot. 50: 212, 1912

C. crepidioides
References

Encyclopedia of Life. "Details for: Crassocephalum". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
"Details for Crassocephalum". Tropicos. Retrieved 18 July 2013.