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 in 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[8] + North Africa) plus southwest Asia as far east as Pakistan; naturalized in California, Asia, Africa, Australia, and other places[9][10]
  2. Dittrichia viscosa, false yellowhead, yellow fleabane - Mediterranean region (southern Europe + North Africa)

References

  1. 1 2 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
  7. ↑ Malta Wild Plants, false yellowhead, Dittrichia viscosa includes photos, description, etymology, and other information
  8. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Enula dall'odore intenso, klebriger Alant, kamferinula, Dittrichia graveolens (L.) Greuter
  9. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
  10. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Dittrichia graveolens (L.) Greuter, Stinkwort
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