Helenium scorzonerifolium

Helenium scorzonerifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Helenium
Species:	H. scorzonerifolium
Binomial name
Helenium scorzonerifolium (DC.) A.Gray 1868
Synonyms [1] [2] [3]
Hecubaea scorzoneraefoliaDC. 1836 Hecubaea scorzonerifoliaDC. 1836 Helenium scorzoneraefolium(DC.) A.Gray 1836

Helenium scorzonerifolium is a Mesoamerican perennial plant in the sunflower family. It is native to Mexico and Central America, from Jalisco and Durango south as far as Guatemala. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. The Plant List, Helenium scorzoneraefolium (DC.) A.Gray
2. Tropicos, Hecubaea scorzonerifolia DC.
3. Tropicos, Helenium scorzonerifolium (DC.) A. Gray
4. Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
5. Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen collected in southern Mexico in 1860s