Helianthus tuberosus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 905 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. Canada to U.S.A. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Albania, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Fiji, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krym, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New South Wales, North Caucasus, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Asteraceae. Flora of North America North of Mexico 21: 1-616. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Ri͡abinina, Z.N. & Kni͡azev, M.S. (2009). Opredelitel sosudistykh rastenii Orenburgskoi oblasti: 1-757. Moskva: KMK.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Serapio, J. & al. (2023). Contribution to the alien flora of the Balearic Islands. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural. Secció de botanica 87: 11-28.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Vladimirov, V. Aybeke, M. & Kit Tan (2018). New floristic records in the Balkans: 37. Phytologia Balcanica 24: 397-461.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae. Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Flora of Iraq

  • Chakravarty, Plant Wealth of Iraq 1: 275 (1976)
  • Dinsmore in Post, Fl. Syria, Palest. & Sinai ed. 2, 2: 42 (1933)
  • Guest in Dep. Agr. Iraq Bull. 27: 44 (1933)
  • Heiser et al. in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 22(3): 126 (1969)
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 905 (1753)
  • Meikle, Fl. Cyprus 2: 901 (1985).
  • Vassilchenko in Fl. S.S.S.R. 25: 544 (1959)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). http://botsad.ru/media/aux/bp/BP_2020_9_1_vinogradova.pdf. epublication.
  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Ri͡abinina, Z.N. & Kni͡azev, M.S. (2009). Opredelitel sosudistykh rastenii Orenburgskoi oblasti: 1-757. Moskva: KMK.
  • Shevtsov, V. (2022). Personal Communication on South European Russia. 1.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Peter, R. [s.n.] United States K002499722 Yes
Gray, A.; Torr [[1250]] K002499726 Yes
Ovrebo, R.T.; Sladewski, C.M. [W1115] United States K002499736 Yes
Sartwell [s.n.] United States K002499737 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3193] K001118764 Unknown Type Material Yes
Macoun, M.A. [817] Canada K002499714 Yes
Ovrebo, R.T.; Sladewski, C.M. [W1115] United States K002499735 Yes
Kral, R. [48425] United States K002499743 Yes
Gray; Sullivant [s.n.] United States K002499738 Yes
Torr; Gray; Buckley [21] United States K002499725 Yes
Gleason, H.A.; Gleason Jr., H.A. [s.n.] United States K002499731 Yes
Short, C.W. [7] United States K002499721 Yes
s.coll. [6] United States K002499719 Yes
Jones, G.N. [20597] United States K002499728 Yes
Ovrebo, R.T.; Sladewski, C.M. [W1115] United States K002499733 Yes
Pammel, L.H. [566] United States K002499729 Yes
Kral, R. [48425] United States K002499742 Yes
Bush, B.F. [185] United States K002499732 Yes
Ovrebo, R.T.; Sladewski, C.M. [W1115] United States K002499734 Yes
Torrey, J.; Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K002499727 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3193] K001118763 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002499741 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [2941] United States K002499740 Yes
Gamble, N. [s.n.] Italy K002499724 Yes
K:SPC-80083.000 No
Short, C.W. [6] United States K002499718 Yes
Short, C.W. [11] United States K002499720 Yes
Drummond [165] K002499717 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K002499723 Yes
s.coll. [139] K002499716 Yes
Torr; Gray; Sullivant [22] United States K002499739 Yes
s.coll. [141] K002499715 Yes
Hind, D.J.N.; Crawford, F.; Harris, T. [1] United Kingdom K:SPC-64738.000 No
Boivin, B.; Hay, J. [14346] Canada Helianthus tuberosus var. subcanescens K002499744 Yes

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