Helenium elegans

Taxonavigation edit

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: Helenieae
Subtribus: Gaillardiinae
Genus: Helenium
Sectio: H. sect. Tetrodus
Species: Helenium elegans

Name edit

Helenium elegans DC., Prodr. (DC.) 5: 667 1836.

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Heleniastrum elegans (DC.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 342 (1891)
  • Heterotypic
    • Helenium microcephalum M.A.Curtis ex A.Gray in Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 348 (1884), not validly publ.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
      • USA (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas)

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

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Vernacular names edit

English: pretty sneezeweed
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