Dittrichia

Dittrichia
Dittrichia viscosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Inuleae
Genus: Dittrichia
Greuter, 1973
Type species
Dittrichia viscosa
(L.) Greuter
Synonyms[1][2]

Cupularia Godr. & Gren. 1850, illegitimate homonym, not Link 1833 (Myxomycota)

Dittrichia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Its species were formerly included n the genus Inula.[3][4][5][6]

Dittrichia is named after German botanist Manfred Dittrich (born 1934), the previous director of the herbarium at the Botanical Garden in Berlin.[7]

Species[1]
  1. Dittrichia graveolens, stinkwort, sticky stinkweed - Mediterranean region (southern Europe + North Africa) plus southwest Asia as far east as Pakistan
  2. Dittrichia viscosa, false yellowhead, yellow fleabane - Mediterranean region (southern Europe + North Africa)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Tropicos, search for Cupularia
  3. Greuter, Werner Rodolfo. 1973. Exsiccatorum genavensium a conservatorio botanico distributorum 4: 71
  4. GRIN
  5. Tropicos, Dittrichia Greuter
  6. Altervista Flora Italiana genere Dittrichia includes photos and European distribution maps
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