Helenium L.
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 Territorie, 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, Tadzhikistan, Trinidad-Tobago, Uzbekistan
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Brassavola Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 127, 527 (1763), nom. superfl.
- Heleniastrum Fabr. in Enum.: 143 (1763), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Actinea Juss. in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 425 (1803)
- Actinella Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 469 (1807), nom. superfl.
- Cephalophora Cav. in Icon. 6: 79 (1801)
- Graemia Hook. in Exot. Fl. 3: t. 189 (1825)
- Grahamia Spreng. in Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 4(2): 297, 299 (1827)
- Hecubaea DC. in Prodr. 5: 665 (1836)
- Helenia Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754), orth. var.
- Leptophora Raf. in Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 195 (1819), nom. superfl.
- Leptopoda Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 174 (1818)
- Mesodetra Raf. in Fl. Ludov.: 141 (1817)
- Ptilepida Raf. in Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 268 (1818), nom. superfl.
- Tetrodus Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2. 55: 264, 272 (1828)
Accepted Species
- Helenium amarum (Raf.) H.Rock
- Helenium amphibolum A.Gray
- Helenium arizonicum S.F.Blake
- Helenium aromaticum (Hook.) L.H.Bailey
- Helenium atacamense Cabrera
- Helenium autumnale L.
- Helenium bigelovii A.Gray
- Helenium bolanderi A.Gray
- Helenium brevifolium (Nutt.) Alph.Wood
- Helenium campestre Small
- Helenium chihuahuensis Bierner
- Helenium donianum (Hook. & Arn.) Cabrera
- Helenium drummondii H.Rock
- Helenium elegans DC.
- Helenium flexuosum Raf.
- Helenium glaucum Stuntz
- Helenium insulare (Phil.) Cabrera
- Helenium laciniatum A.Gray
- Helenium linifolium Rydb.
- Helenium mexicanum Kunth
- Helenium microcephalum DC.
- Helenium ovallense Bierner
- Helenium pinnatifidum (Schwein. ex Nutt.) Rydb.
- Helenium puberulum DC.
- Helenium quadridentatum Labill.
- Helenium scaposum Britton
- Helenium scorzonerifolium A.Gray
- Helenium thurberi A.Gray
- Helenium uniflorum (Spreng.) P.L.R.Moraes
- Helenium urmenetae (Phil.) Cabrera
- Helenium vallenariense (Phil.) Bierner
- Helenium vernale Walter
- Helenium virginicum S.F.Blake
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:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0