Asteraceae

Filago Loefl.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 927, 1199 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, Medit.to NE. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Europe to Mongolia and Nepal, SW. & S. Central U.S.A. to NW. Mexico.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mexico Northwest, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Mexico, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen

Introduced into:

Alaska, British Columbia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of Iraq

  • Bayer et al. in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 264 [2006] (2007)
  • C. C. Townsend (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing
  • Chrtek J. & Holub, J. (1963). Poznámky k taxonomii a nomenlaktuře rodů Evax Gaertn. a Filago L. Preslia 35: 1–17.
  • Fayed A. & Zareh, M. (1988). Systematic revision of Compositae in Egypt. 3. Inuleae: Filago and Ifloga. Willdenowia 17: 115–123.
  • L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 397 (1754)
  • L. Sp. Pl.: 927 (1753)
  • Wagenitz, G. (1969). Abgrenzung und Gliederung der Gattung Filago L. s.l. (Compositae – Inuleae). Willdenowia 5: 395–444.
  • Wagenitz, G. (1970). A key to the species of Filago L. sensu lato (Compositae) in Palestine. Israel Journ. Bot. 19: 260–265.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0