Cyclachaena

Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

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: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ambrosiinae
Genus: Cyclachaena
Species: C. xanthiifolia

Name

Cyclachaena Fresen., Ind. Sem. Hort. Frankf. 4: (1836)

• monotypic taxon
  

Note: Cyclachaena xanthiifolia is often treated as a taxonomic or heterotypic synonym of Iva xanthiifolia, but is the most common name found in North America where it has its geographical origin.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan Regional: USA Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming Introduced into: Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krym, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Poland, Primorye, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Yugoslavia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fresen., Ind. Sem. Hort. Frankf. 4: (1836); et in Linnaea, xii. Litt. 78. (1838)

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cyclachaena in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Cyclachaena. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Cyclachaena. Published online. Accessed: January 30 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Giant Sumpweed

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