Summary
Place of publication:
Taxon 64:1204. 2015
Verified:
03/04/2016
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
English
Cape-spinach – doublegee – southern three-corner-jack – spiny emex – three-corner-jack – Italian
spinaciastra australiana – Portuguese (Brazil)
emex-australiano –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Naturalized
(widely natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Weed | potential seed contaminant | as Emex australis | Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=476848.
Accessed 29 May 2025.