Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Asterales (235)
Family: Asteraceae (219)(family description)
Genus: Sphaeranthus (1)
Epithet: senegalensis DC. (5)
senegalensis => from the banks of the river Senegal in West-Africa