Asteraceae
Inula
Inula japonica

Inula japonica var. japonica

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Russian Far East to Japan and N. & E. China. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Gulf States, Hainan, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Oman, Palestine, Qinghai, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae. Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Karo, F.; Dorfler, I. [226] Inula britannica var. chinensis K002507978 Yes
Furuse, M. [29973] Japan Inula britannica var. chinensis K002508115 Yes
Furuse, M. [28154] Japan Inula britannica var. chinensis K002508114 Yes
Przewalski, N.M. [s.n.] China Inula britannica var. chinensis K000974553 Unknown Type Material Yes
Przewalski, N.M. [s.n.] Mongolia Inula britannica var. chinensis K000974552 Unknown Type Material Yes
Furuse, M. [45657] Japan Inula britannica var. chinensis K002508116 Yes
Furuse, M. [42469] Japan Inula britannica var. chinensis K002508117 Yes

Sources

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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