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Helianthus annuus L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 904 (1753)  

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-0000088131.

Synonyms of Helianthus annuus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Helianthus tubaeformis Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: 177. 1818 [14 Jul 1818] wfo-0000000674
Helianthus macrocarpus DC. 8 1826 wfo-0000017497
Helianthus indicus L. Mant. Pl. : 117 (1767) wfo-0000023367
Helianthus aridus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 127. 1905 wfo-0000035624
Helianthus aridus var. aridus wfo-0000056873
Helianthus erythrocarpus Bartl. Linnaea 14.(Literat.): 125 (1840) wfo-0000058729
Helianthus multiflorus Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) i. 313 (excl. syn.). wfo-0000063656
Helianthus macrocarpus DC. & A.DC. DC. & A. DC. in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 7. 1836. 272 1836 wfo-0000077339
Helianthus annuus var. texanus (Heiser) Shinners Sida 1: 377 (1964) wfo-0000085766
Helianthus annuus subsp. texanus Heiser Amer. Midl. Naturalist 51: 299 (1954) wfo-0000099217
Helianthus annuus subsp. annuus wfo-0000100403
Helianthus annuus var. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) Steyerm. Rhodora 62: 132 (1960) wfo-0000107091
Helianthus annuus var. macrocarpus (DC.) Cockerell Amer. Naturalist 49: 611 (1915) wfo-0000107589
Helianthus annuus var. annuus wfo-0000110522
Helianthus annuus f. annuus wfo-0000113086
Helianthus jaegeri Heiser Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 75: 513 (1948) wfo-0000115143
Helianthus annuus subsp. jaegeri (Heiser) Heiser Contr. Dudley Herb. 4: 317 (1955) wfo-0000128807
Helianthus ovatus Lehm. Ind. Sem. Hort. Hamburg. 1828: 16. wfo-0000137199
Helianthus platycephalus Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat. , ed. 2, 20: 352 (1821) wfo-0000137737
Helianthus annuus f. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 87: 35 (1960) wfo-0001320270
Helianthus annuus var. coronatus Cockerell J. Heredity 6: 542 (1915) wfo-0001371437
Helianthus annuus var. vinosissimus Cockerell Science , n.s., 40: 709 (1914) wfo-0001371457
Helianthus annuus var. aridus Cockerell Amer. Naturalist 49: 611 (1915) wfo-0001379530
Helianthus annuus var. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) Cockerell Bot. Gaz. 45: 338. 1908 wfo-0001408832
Helianthus annuus var. inornatus Cockerell Amer. Naturalist 63: 475. 1929 wfo-0001409329