Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

TaxID: 1563971

Basic Information

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Senegal Tea, Senegal tea plant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides, also known by its common name Senegal tea or Senegal tea plant is a species from the genus Gymnocoronis. The species was first described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. In the European Union, the species features since 2019 on the list of invasive alien species of Union concern. This means that import of the species and trade in the species is forbidden in the whole of the EU.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asterales

Asteraceae

Gymnocoronis

spilanthoides

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
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(c) RAP@BY
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
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(c) Santiago Mailhos@BY-NC
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
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(c) unknown@CC0
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
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(c) Yung-Lun Lin@BY
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
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(c) Nicolas Olejnik@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (30 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Austria IAS of Union concern 2019
Belgium IAS of Union concern 2019
Bulgaria IAS of Union concern 2019
Cyprus IAS of Union concern 2019
Czechia IAS of Union concern 2019
Germany IAS of Union concern 2019
Denmark IAS of Union concern 2019
EPPO A2 Present —
Spain IAS of Union concern 2019
Estonia IAS of Union concern 2019
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Distribution (18 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
China Present
France Present —
Hungary Present —
India Present —
Italy Present —
Japan Present
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (3 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GBVP5846-15 - matK 1512 Argentina - -35.69727, -64.53239
GBITS10509-21 - ITS 725 China 2015-09-10 23.18, 113.35
GBITS10508-21 - ITS 681 China 2015-09-29 22.38, 113.22

Literature