Helminthotheca
| Helminthotheca | |
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| Helminthotheca echioides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Subtribe: | Hypochaeridinae |
| Genus: | Helminthotheca Vaill. ex Zinn |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Helminthotheca (commonly called ox-tongue)[2] is a genus in the tribe Cichorieae of the family Asteraceae.[3][4] Helminthotheca is closely related to the genus Picris, both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.[5][6]
- Helminthotheca aculeata - Italy, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
- Helminthotheca balansae - Algeria, Morocco
- Helminthotheca comosa - Algeria, Morocco, southern Spain, Gibraltar
- Helminthotheca echioides (syn. Picris echioides)[9] - widespread across much of Europe and the Mediterranean from Ireland + Canary Islands to Poland + Iran; naturalized in Australia, North and South America
- Helminthotheca glomerata - Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco
- Helminthotheca spinosa - central and southern Portugal, southwestern Spain
References
[edit]- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Genus Helminthotheca page in the New York Flora Atlas, 12-20-2012
- ^ Zinn, Johann Gottfried. 1757. Catalogus Plantarum Horti Gottingensis 430
- ^ Tropicos, Helminthotheca Zinn
- ^ Kilian, Gemeinholzer & Lack (2009). Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of Compositae. (Funk, Susanna, Stuessy & Beyer, eds.) Ch. 24. Chichorieae, pp. 349-352.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Helminthotheca includes photos and European distribution maps
- ^ "Helminthotheca Zinn | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Helminthotheca". worldplants.de. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Interagency Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) report for Helminthotheca echioides (L.) Holub, accessed 12-23-2012
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