Adenostemma viscosum J. R. Forster & G. Forst., Char. Gen. 45 1775. (syn: Adenostemma aquaticum (Roxb.) D. Don; Adenostemma dregei DC.; Adenostemma erectum DC.; Adenostemma fastigiatum (Bl.) DC.; Adenostemma glutinosum (Gaud.) DC.; Adenostemma lavenia var. viscosum (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) M. R. Almeida; Adenostemma leiocarpum DC.; Adenostemma natalense DC.; Adenostemma ovatum Miq.; Adenostemma perrottetii DC.; Adenostemma rivale Dalz.; Adenostemma tinctorium (Lour.) Cass.; Ageratum aquaticum Roxb. ; Ageratum strictum Sims; Anisopappus candelabrum H. Lév.; Ethulia aquatica Roxb. ex DC.; Lavenia alba Wall.; Lavenia aquatica (Roxb.) Spreng.; Lavenia carnosa Wall.; Lavenia dentata Wall.; Lavenia divaricata Ham. ex DC.; Lavenia elata Spreng.; Lavenia fastigiata Bl.; Lavenia glutinosa Gaud.; Lavenia latifolia Spreng.; Lavenia nudiflora Hort. ex DC.; Lavenia viscida Buch.-Ham.; Myriactis candelabrum (H. Lév.) H. Lév.; Spilanthes tinctorius Lour.);
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China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, South Korea, South China Sea islands, South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal), Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, So Tom, Annobon, Gabon, Central African Republic, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Indonesia, peninsular Malaysia, Singapore (I), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines (Babuyan, Luzon, Culion, Catanduanes, Panay, Camiguin, Mindanao), Java, Australia (Cooktown in Queensland to Newcastle in New South Wales), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Ryukyu Isl., Galapagos Isl. (I), Ecuador (I), Nicaragua (I), Colombia (I), ?New Caledonia, Fiji, Tuamotu Arch., Micronesia (Murilo, Nomwin, Kosrae), Marquesas Isl. (Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, Fatu Hiva), Austral Isl. (Rurutu), American Samoa (Ta’u), Western Samoa (Upolu, Savaii), Volcano Isl. (Minami-Iwojima), Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.), Andamans (North Andamans, Middle Andamans, South Andamans, Little Andaman Isl.), Nicobars (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobars, Central Nicobars, Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.), Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Mandalay, Yangon), Bhutan, Pakistan (Chitral, Hazara, Pakistani Punjab), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir, Jammu), Maldives as per Catalogue of Life;
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 GCC IPNI GBIF (High resolution specimens) PROSEA Lucid Central Flora of Mozambique