Helminthotheca

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: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Hypochaeridinae
Genus: Helminthotheca
Species: H. aculeata – H. balansae – H. comosa – H. echioides – H. glomerata

Name

Helminthotheca Zinn, Cat. Pl. Gott. 430 (1757).

Type species: Helminthotheca echioides (L.) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8(2): 176 (1973).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Hieraciastrum Heist. ex Fabr., Enum. Meth. Pl.: 68 (1759), nom. superfl.
- Crenamum Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 112 (1763), nom. superfl.
- Helminthia, Juss., Gen. Pl.: 170 (1789), nom. superfl.
- Helminthia DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 57 (1805), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Vigineixia Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl.: 12 (1874).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium (introduced), Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania (introduced), Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia (introduced).
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Zimbabwe (introduced).
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Turkmenistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - Chatham Islands, New Zealand North.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Ontario.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Montana, Oregon.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Virginia, District of Columbia.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Northwest.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Uruguay (introduced).

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

References

Primary references

Zinn, J.G. 1757. Catalogus plantarum Horti Academici et agri Gottingensis. 441 pp., Gottingae, Vandenhoeck: Hathitrust. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Helminthotheca. 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 June 20. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Helminthotheca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Helminthotheca. Published online. Accessed: June 20 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Helminthotheca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Oxtongues
suomi: Muikiot
русский: Гельминотека