Echinacea (Asteraceae)

Echinacea atrorubens var. paradoxa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Zinniinae
Genus: Echinacea
Subgenera: E. subg. Echinacea – E. subg. Pallida
Species: E. angustifolia – E. atrorubens – E. laevigata – E. pallida – E. paradoxa – E. purpurea – E. sanguinea – E. simulata – E. tennesseensis

Name

Echinacea Moench, Meth. 591 (1794) [4 May 1794].

Synonyms

• Brauneria Necker ex Porter & Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 333. 17 Nov (1894).
• Helichroa Raf., Neogenyton 3 (1825).

Dubious taxa

Echinacea hybrida hort. ex Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 9. Fasc. suppl. 1, 5 (1931), nom. nud., is probably a hybrid of Echinacea purpurea, but disposition is uncertain and of origin in cultivation.

References

• Binns, S.E., Baum, B.R. & Arnason, J.T. 2002. A taxonomic revision of Echinacea (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 27(3): 610–632. DOI: 10.1043/0363-6445-27.3.610 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Echinacea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 5. Reference page. 
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Echinacea (Asteraceae) in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2009 Sep 21.

Vernacular names

English: Coneflower
suomi: Punahatut
magyar: Kasvirág
日本語: ムラサキバレンギク属
русский: Эхинация
Türkçe: Kirpi otu

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