Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Asterales (237)
Family: Asteraceae (221)(family description)
Genus: Sphaeranthus (1)
Epithet: senegalensis DC. (5)
senegalensis => from the banks of the river Senegal in West-Africa