Helenium flexuosum

Helenium flexuosum

Helenium flexuosum

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: Helenieae
Subtribus: Gaillardiinae
Genus: Helenium
Sectio: H. sect. Leptopoda
Species: Helenium flexuosum

Name

Helenium flexuosum Raf. (1838)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Heleniastrum nudiflorum (Nutt.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 342 (1891)
  • Heleniastrum parviflorum Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 342 (1891)
  • Helenium atropurpureum Kunth & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1845: 12 (1845)
  • Helenium brachypodum Alph.Wood in Amer. Bot. Fl.: 182 (1870)
  • Helenium floridanum Fernald in Rhodora 45: 494 (1943)
  • Helenium godfreyi Fernald in Rhodora 45: 494 (1943)
  • Helenium micranthum Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 385 (1841)
  • Helenium nudiflorum Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 384 (1841)
  • Helenium nudiflorum f. homochroma M.D.Howe in Rhodora 70: 454 (1968)
  • Helenium nudiflorum var. purpureum A.Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 203 (1874)
  • Helenium quadridentatum Hook. in Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 98 (1835)
  • Helenium seminariense Featherm. in Rep. (Annual) Board Supervisors Louisiana State Seminary Learning Military Acad. 1870: 74, 94 (1871)
  • Leptopoda brachypoda Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 388 (1842)
  • Leptopoda floridana Raf. in Atlantic J. 1: 147 (1832)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Canada (Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec), USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1838: New Flora and Botany of North America 4: 81.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Helenium flexuosum. Published online. Accessed: January 28 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Helenium flexuosum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 28. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Helenium flexuosum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Helenium flexuosum. 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 28. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Helenium flexuosum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Purplehead sneezeweed

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