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June 2025

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Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

This species name was first published in Methodus : 591 (1794)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000036347.

Synonyms of Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Echinacea serotina (Nutt.) D.Don ex G.Don Hort. Brit. , ed. 2: 587 (1832) wfo-0000012513
Echinacea purpurea f. liggettii Steyerm. Rhodora 44: 150 (1942) wfo-0000012842
Brauneria purpurea (L.) Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 334 (1894) wfo-0000020164
Echinacea purpurea f. purpurea wfo-0000058428
Rudbeckia purpurea L. Sp. Pl. : 907 (1753) wfo-0000074368
Rudbeckia purpurea var. purpurea wfo-0000077265
Echinacea intermedia Lindl. ex Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 15: 79 (1849) wfo-0000083883
Echinacea purpurea var. purpurea wfo-0000087066
Echinacea purpurea var. arkansana Steyerm. Rhodora 40: 71 (1938) wfo-0000111173
Helichroa purpurea (L.) Raf. Neogenyton : 3 (1825) wfo-0000120269