Pentanema britannica

Inula britannica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Inuleae
Subtribus: Inulinae
Genus: Pentanema
Species: Pentanema britannica

Name

Pentanema britannica (L.) D.Gut.Larr., Santos-Vicente, Anderb., E.Rico & M.M.Mart.Ort., Taxon 67(1): 159 (2018).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Inula britannica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 882 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Aster britannica (L.) All., Fl. Pedem. 1: 197 (1785).
  • Aster britannica (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 3(1): 222. (1801), comb. superfl.
  • Conyza britannica (L.) Moris ex Rupr., Fl. Ingrica: 569 (1860).
  • Helenium britannica (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 342 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Aster orientalis S.G.Gmel., Reise Russland 1: 155 (1770).
  • Inula hirta Pollich, Hist. Pl. Palat. 2: 467 (1777), nom. illeg.
  • Inula comosa Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 147 (1779).
    • Inula britannica var. comosa (Lam.) Mérat, Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 329 (1812).
  • Inula serrata Gilib., Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 207 (1782), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Inula squarrosa Krock., Fl. Siles. 2(2): 442 (1790), sensu auct.
  • Aster undulatus Moench, Methodus: 600 (1794), nom. illeg.
  • Inula dichotoma Zuccagni, Cent. Observ. Bot.: 40 (1806).
  • Inula britannica var. oelandica Ahlq., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1821: 301 (1821).
  • Inula britannica var. viridis Rosén & Wahlenb., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 8: 248 (1821).
  • Inula britannica var. intermedia Rosén & Wahlenb., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 8: 248 (1821).
  • Inula britannica var. stricta Rosén & Wahlenb., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 8: 248 (1821).
  • Inula britannica var. angustifolia Boenn., Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal.: 256 (1824).
  • Inula oetteliana Rchb. in J.C.Mössler, Handb. Gewächsk., ed. 2. 2: 1506 (1829).
    • Inula britannica var. oetteliana (Rchb.) J.J.Schmitz & Regel, Fl. Bonn. 250 (1841).
  • Inula britannica var. uniflora Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 5: 320 (1829).
  • Inula britannica var. arenaria Rchb., Fl. Leipzig 695 (1830).
  • Inula micranthos DC., Prodr. 5: 467 (1836).
  • Inula britannica var. discoidea W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2, 1: 394 (1843).
  • Inula britannica var. ramosissima Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 2: 506 (1845).
  • Inula encelioides Hornem. ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 2: 506 (1845).
  • Inula britannica var. glabrescens Kabath, Fl. Umgegend Gleiwitz 172 (1846).
  • Inula britannica var. chinensis Regel, Tent. Fl. Ussur. 84 (1861).
  • Inula britannica var. angustifolia T.Marsson, Fl. Neu-Vorpommern 237 (1869), nom. illeg.
  • Inula orientalis d'Urv. ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 193 (1875), nom. inval.
  • Inula vaillantii Schur ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 393 (1879).
  • Inula britannica var. angustifolia Becker, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 44: 318 (1882), nom. illeg.
  • Inula britannica var. microcephala Velen., Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 7, 1(8): 22 (1886).
  • Inula microcephala Borbás, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 235 (1887).
    • Helenium microcephalum (Borbás) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 343 (1891), nom. illeg.
  • Helenium macrolepis (Bunge)) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 343 (1891).
  • Helenium repandum Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 343 (1891).
  • Inula hispanica Pau, Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 6: 62 (1895).
    • Inula britannica subsp. hispanica (Pau) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Fontqueria 14: 9 (1987).
  • Inula britannica var. sericans Zalewski, Kosmos (Lvov) 5/6: 17 (1896).
  • Inula britannica var. sublanata Kom., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 25: 626 (1907).
    • Inula britannica f. sublanata (Kom.) Kitag., Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 648 (1979).
  • Inula britannica f. angustifolia Hayek in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 6: 484 (1917), nom. illeg.
  • Inula britannica f. villosa Werner Christ. in J.A. Christiansen et al., Fl. Kiel: 225 (1922).
  • Inula tymensis Kudô, Contrib. Fl. North Sachal.: 58 (1923), nom. nud.
    • Inula britannica var. tymiensis Kudô, Contrib. Fl. North Sachal.: 58 (1923).
  • Inula japonica var. linariifolia Makino & Nemoto, Fl. Japan, ed. 2: 1240 (1931).
  • Inula chinensis Kom. in V.L.Komarov & E.N.Alissova-Klobukova, Opred. Rast. Dal'nevost. Kraia 2: 1024 (1954).
  • Inula britannica var. eglandulosa R.Nabiev, Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 10: 632 (1993).
  • Inula britannica var. longilepis R.Nabiev, Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 10: 633 (1993).
  • Inula britannica subsp. latifolia U.P.Pratov & R.Nabiev, Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 10: 632 (1993).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland (introduced), Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka (introduced), Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Türkiye. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Nepal, West Himalaya. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Eastern Canada Ontario, Québec. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. New York. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Georgia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gutiérrez-Larruscain, D., Santos-Vicente, M., Anderberg, A.A., Rico, E. & Martínez Ortega, M.M. 2018. Phylogeny of the Inula group (Asteraceae: Inuleae): Evidence from nuclear and plastid genomes and a recircumscription of Pentanema. Taxon 67(1): 149–164. DOI: 10.12705/671.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pentanema britannica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 01. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pentanema britannica. Accessed: 28 Sep 2025. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pentanema britannica. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 01 2020. Reference page. ['Britannica' is as noun in apposition]
• Tropicos.org 2020. Pentanema britannica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Dec. 2020. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Wiesen-Alant
• English: British Elecampane
• suomi: Vanukehirvenjuuri
• français: Inule d'Angleterre
• italiano: Enula laurentiana
• 한국어: 가는금불초
• Nederlands: Engelse alant
• русский: Девясил британский
• svenska: Luddkrissla

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