Cosmos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Coreopsideae
Genus: Cosmos
Sectiones: C. sect. Cosmos – C. sect. Discopoda – C. sect. Mesinenia
Species: C. atrosanguineus – C. bipinnatus – C. carvifolius – C. caudatus – C. concolor – C. crithmifolius – C. deficiens – C. diversifolius – C. gracilis – C. intercedens – C. jaliscensis – C. juxtlahuacensis – C. landii – C. linearifolius – C. longipetiolatus – C. mattfeldii – C. mcvaughii – C. modestus – C. montanus – C. nelsonii – C. nitidus – C. ochroleucoflorus – C. pacificus – C. palmeri – C. parviflorus – C. peucedanifolius – C. pilosus – C. pringlei – C. purpureus – C. reptans – C. scabiosoides – C. schaffneri – C. sessilis – C. sherffii – C. steenisiae – C. sulphureus

Name

Cosmos Cav., Icon. 1: 9 (1791).

Type species: Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Cosmea Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 (Willdenow) 3(3): 2250 (1803), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America
- - Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
- Introduced into:
  - Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil North, Brazil South, Bulgaria, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Connecticut, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Illinois, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Nicobar Is., Niue, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Samoa, Society Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Thailand, Tubuai Is., Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Cavanilles, A.J. 1791. Icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae aut sponte in Hispania crescunt, aut in hortis hospitantur. Vol. I. iv + 67 pp., tab. 1–100. Ex Regia Typographia, Matriti [Madrid]. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1: 9. t. 14.

Additional references

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum) (2010) Febr 15 [1].
Sherff, E.E. 1933. Revision of the genus Cosmos. Bot. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 8: 401–447.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cosmos in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Marz. 24. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Cosmos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Marz. 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Cosmos. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Marz. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cosmos. Published online. Accessed: Marz. 24 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cosmos Cav. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2013-11-14.
Cosmos Cav. – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Cosmos – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
EOL: Cosmos

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kosmeen
suomi: Kosmokset, kosmoskukat
français: Cosmos
magyar: Pillangóvirág
日本語: コスモス属
Nederlands: Cosmos
русский: Космея
svenska: Rosenskäresläktet
Türkçe: Kozmos
Tiếng Việt: Chi Cúc vạn thọ tây
中文: 秋英屬

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