Helichrysum foetidum

Helichrysum foetidum

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: Gnaphalieae
Subtribus: Gnaphaliinae
Genus: Helichrysum
Species: Helichrysum foetidum
Varietates: H. f. var. foetidum – H. f. var. microcephalum

Name

Helichrysum foetidum (L.) Moench, Methodus: 575 (1794).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa South Africa (Cape Prov.), Sudan (Jbel Marra), Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Burundi, Mozambique, Zambia, Madagascar Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia (SW-Saudi Arabia: Asir), Yemen (W-Yemen) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Moench, C. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis vol. 1–2, 780 pp., Marburgi Cattorum: Nova Libraria Academiae. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.304 Reference page. : 575

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Helichrysum foetidum. Published online. Accessed: January 16 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Helichrysum foetidum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Helichrysum foetidum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Helichrysum foetidum. 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 January 16. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Helichrysum foetidum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Stinksewejaartjie, Brandblaar, Geelsewejaartjie
English: Polecat strawflower
galego: Árnica falsa, Flor de San Xoán

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