Wyethia helenioides

Wyethia helenioides

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: Wyethia
Species: Wyethia helenioides

Name

Wyethia helenioides (DC.) Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7:353. 1840

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Alarconia helenioides DC. in Prodr. 5: 537 (1836)
  • Melarhiza inuloides Kellogg in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 38 (1855), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA USA (California) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page. : 353

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Wyethia helenioides. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 07 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Wyethia helenioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Wyethia helenioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Feb. 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Wyethia helenioides. 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. 07. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Wyethia helenioides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: gray mule's ears, Whitehead mule-ears

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