Silphium laciniatum

Silphium laciniatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Engelmanniinae
Genus: Silphium
Species: Silphium laciniatum

Name

Silphium laciniatum L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Silphium gummiferum Elliott in Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 460 (1823)
  • Silphium laciniatum var. robinsonii L.M.Perry in Rhodora 39: 297 (1937)
  • Silphium spicatum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 157 (1817)

Homonyms

• Silphium laciniatum Walt. = Silphium compositum Michx.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Canada (Ontario), USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 919. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Silphium laciniatum. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 06 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Silphium laciniatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Silphium laciniatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Feb. 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Silphium laciniatum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 06. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Silphium laciniatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.\n

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kompasspflanze
English: Compass plant

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