Helminthotheca

Life-forms

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)

References

Zinn, J.G. 1757. Catalogus plantarum Horti Academici et agri Gottingensis. 441 pp., Gottingae, Vandenhoeck: Hathitrust. Reference page. 430.
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.
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

Helminthotheca (commonly called ox-tongue)[2] is a genus in the tribe Cichorieae of the family Asteraceae.[3][4] Helminthotheca is closely related to the genus Picris, both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.[5][6]

Species[1]

Helminthotheca aculeata - Italy, Algeria, Tunisia
Helminthotheca balansae - Algeria, Morocco
Helminthotheca comosa - Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar
Helminthotheca echioides (syn. Picris echioides)[7] - widespread across much of Europe and the Mediterranean from Ireland + Canary Islands to Poland + Iran; naturalized in Australia, North and South America
Helminthotheca glomerata - Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Genus Helminthotheca page in the New York Flora Atlas, 12-20-2012
Zinn, Johann Gottfried. 1757. Catalogus Plantarum Horti Gottingensis 430
Tropicos, Helminthotheca Zinn
Kilian, Gemeinholzer & Lack (2009). Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of Compositae. (Funk, Susanna, Stuessy & Beyer, eds.) Ch. 24. Chichorieae, pp. 349-352.
Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Helminthotheca includes photos and European distribution maps
Interagency Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) report for Helminthotheca echioides (L.) Holub, accessed 12-23-2012