Asteraceae

Inula L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 881 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia to Indo-China, Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Angola, Assam, Benin, Bulgaria, Cameroon, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Greece, Guinea, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Manchuria, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Primorye, Qinghai, Rwanda, South European Russia, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, Chita, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Kentucky, Krasnoyarsk, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Tuva, Türkiye-in-Europe, Utah, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Yemen

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 West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 357.

Flora of Iraq

  • Anderberg & Eldenäs in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 382 [2006] (2007)
  • Frances G. Davies (Revised by C. C. Townsend) (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing
  • L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 375 (1754)
  • L. Sp. Pl.: 881 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Anderb. in K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 287 (1994)
  • Anderb. in Pl. Syst. Evol. 176: 97 (1991)
  • L., Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 375 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 881 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • 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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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