Crassocephalum crepidioides

Basic information
Scientific name	Crassocephalum crepidioides	Click to magnify
Major synonym
Common names	redflower ragleaf
Higher taxon	Asteraceae, Asterales, Magnoliopsida, Magnoliophyta
Natural range	Africa
Habitat	The species abruptly increases on deforested area, wood fired area, edge of forest, roadside, developed land, and so on, and disappears by restoration of indigenous vegetation.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Wide area of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and Okinawajima and Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands. (Chichijima and Hahajima Is.).
Origin	Unknown.
Date	1946
Route	Unknown.
Impact	Unknown.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Temperate to tropical area in Asia and Australia.

Reference	Notes
Bisby et al. (eds) (2009) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2009 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, UK. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2009/ Ogaito, H. (2009, personal communication, on the occurrence in Mie and Hyogo Pref.) etc.