Asteraceae

Helenium L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 886 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is N. America to Honduras, Caribbean, S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, British Columbia, California, Cayman Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Baltic States, France, Great Britain, Jawa, Peru, Queensland, South European Russia, Tadzhikistan, Trinidad-Tobago, Uzbekistan

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Coulter, T. [358] United States K002329916 Yes
s.coll. [122] Mexico K002329975 Yes
Coulter, T. [356] United States K002329914 Yes
H. [11827] Mexico K002329974 Yes
Bush, B.F. [9935] United States K002329782 Yes
Hitchcock, C.L. [2230] United States K002329815 Yes
Drummond, T. [s.n.] K002329805 Yes
Drummond, T. [208] United States K002329860 Yes
Beetle, A.A. [895] United States K002329811 Yes
Armitage, E. [s.n.] K002870094 Yes
Stafford, D. [835] Peru K002329985 Yes
s.coll. [169] United States K002329922 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002870081 Yes
Douglas, D. [s.n.] K002329804 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [21922] United States K002329917 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002870080 Yes
Kirkwood, J.E. [1506] United States K002329816 Yes
Beetle, A.A. [2310] United States K002329812 Yes
Balls [4547] K002870082 Yes
Hall, E. [360] United States K002329856 Yes
Mohr, N.P. [s.n.] United States K002329855 Yes
Beetle, A.A. [2310] United States K002329813 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Peru K002329986 Yes
Fr. Arsène [8607] Mexico K002329977 Yes
s.coll. [696] United States K002329921 Yes
s.coll. [2113[=696]] United States K002329923 Yes
Turner, G.H. [34] Canada K002329810 Yes
Smith, L.E. [532] United States K002329919 Yes
Torrey, J.; Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K002329854 Yes
Coulter, T. [359] United States K002329913 Yes
Bush, B.F. [410] United States K002329783 Yes
H. [12740] Mexico K002329973 Yes
Drummond, T. [178] K002329861 Yes
Wynd, F.L. [699] Mexico K002329978 Yes
Coulter, T. [355] United States K002329915 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Chile K002870046 Yes
K:SPC-03360.000 No
Kirkwood, J.E. [2431] United States K002329814 Yes
Berlandier, J.L. [s.n.] K002329918 Yes
Palmer, E. [209] Mexico K002329976 Yes
Balls [4547] K002870083 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002870084 Yes
Drummond, T. [178] United States K002329863 Yes
s.coll. [208] United States K002329862 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [32829] United States K002329781 Yes
Nelson, A. [8095] United States K002329817 Yes
Werdermann, E. [525] Chile K002870045 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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