Helminthotheca

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Helminthotheca
Picris echioides inflorescence.jpg
Helminthotheca echioides
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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]
  • HelminthiaJuss.
  • VigineixiaPomel

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]

Species [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Genus Helminthotheca page in the New York Flora Atlas, 12-20-2012
  3. Zinn, Johann Gottfried. 1757. Catalogus Plantarum Horti Gottingensis 430
  4. Tropicos, Helminthotheca Zinn
  5. Kilian, Gemeinholzer & Lack (2009). Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of Compositae. (Funk, Susanna, Stuessy & Beyer, eds.) Ch. 24. Chichorieae, pp. 349-352.
  6. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Helminthotheca includes photos and European distribution maps
  7. Interagency Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) report for Helminthotheca echioides (L.) Holub, accessed 12-23-2012