Helminthotheca
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| Helminthotheca echioides | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| Genus: | Helminthotheca Vaill. ex Zinn
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Helminthotheca (commonly called ox-tongue)[2] is a genus in the Cichorieae tribe of the sunflower family.[3][4] Helminthotheca is closely related to the genus Picris, both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.[5][6]
- Species[1]
- - Italy, Algeria, Tunisia
- - Algeria, Morocco
- - Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar
- Helminthotheca echioides (syn. Picris echioides)[7] - widespread across much of Europe and the Mediterranean from Ireland + Canary Islands to Poland + Iran; naturalized in Australia, North and South America
- - Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco
References[]
- ^ 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
- ^ Interagency Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) report for Helminthotheca echioides (L.) Holub, accessed 12-23-2012
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