Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Helminthotheca Zinn , legitimate , scientific
Zinn, J.G. (1757) , Catalogus Plantarum Horti Academici et Agri Gottingensis
430
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Picris echioides L.
Lander, N.S. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Asteraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2
686
[secondary reference]
Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Asteraceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3
335
[secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4
702-703
[secondary reference]
Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007) , Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8
196
[secondary reference]
Thompson, I.R. (22 May 2007) , A taxonomic treatment of tribe Lactuceae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 25
92
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
398
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census
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[secondary reference]
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Holzapfel, S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015) , Helminthotheca. Flora of Australia 37
141
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Helminthia Juss. legitimate
Etymology:
"from the Greek helmins (worm) and theca (case), in reference to the form of the achene, perhaps also in belief of its use as a vermifuge."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018) , Australian Plant Census
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[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Helmintia Juss. orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Helminthia Juss. legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
