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March 2019

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genus

Helianthus L.

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

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000017208.

Literature

Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 904. 1753 [1 May 1753] ; et in Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 386 (1754)

Species in Helianthus ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Helianthus:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Helianthus alexandri	Cockerell	1919	—	wfo-0000002949
Helianthus alexidis	B.Boivin	73 1972		wfo-0000095396
Helianthus altissimus	DC.	Prodr. (DC.) 5: 590 590 1836		wfo-0000130216
Helianthus altissimus	L.	Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1278 1278 1763		wfo-0000042903
Helianthus ambiguus	(Torr. & A.Gray) R.W.Long	202 1954	—	wfo-0000066026
Helianthus ambulans	E.Watson	1929	—	wfo-0000043440
Helianthus angustifolius	(L.) Michx. ex DC.	Prodr. (DC.) 5: 587 587 1836		wfo-0000073946
Helianthus apetalus	Leconte ex Nutt.	Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 354 354 1840	—	wfo-0000031005
Helianthus apricus	Lunell	237 1910		wfo-0000120152
Helianthus arenicola	E.Watson	1929	—	wfo-0000114610
Helianthus asper	Hort. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2 (Steudel) 1: 737 737 1840		wfo-0000078889
Helianthus atrorubens	Michx.	Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) ii. 140, partim 140	—	wfo-0000071692
Helianthus atrorubens	Lam.	Encycl. (Lamarck) 3(1): 86 86 1789		wfo-0000126901
Helianthus attenuatus	E.Watson	1929	—	wfo-0000030570
Helianthus aureus	(Cass.) DC.	Nov. Gen. et Sp. 4: 224	—	wfo-0000014893
Helianthus australis	Small	1268 1903		wfo-0000007650
Helianthus besseriana	Benth. & Hook.f.	Gen. ii. 376. ii. 376		wfo-0000010183
Helianthus besseyi	Bates	1914	—	wfo-0000038253
Helianthus bracteatus	E.Watson	1929	—	wfo-0000067312
Helianthus brasilicus	Vell.	Fl. Flum. viii. t. 146. viii. t. 146.		wfo-0000068538
Helianthus brevifolius	(E.Watson) R.C.Jacks. & Guard	in Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. lxvi. 314 (1957) 314 1957		wfo-0000138465
Helianthus buccinatus	Sessé & Moc.	Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 193 193 1894		wfo-0000077120
Helianthus buphthalmoides	Hort. ex DC.	Prodr. (DC.) 5: 551 551 1836		wfo-0000046036
Helianthus californicus	Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray	Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 2: 325 325 1842		wfo-0000073421
Helianthus canescens	Michx.	Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) ii. 140 140 1803		wfo-0000093860
Helianthus canescens	Juss. ex DC.	Prodr. (DC.) 5: 591 591 1836		wfo-0000037841
Helianthus carolinianus	Hill	Veg. Syst. xvi. 56. xvi. 56		wfo-0000008527
Helianthus chartaceus	E.Watson	1929	—	wfo-0000002369
Helianthus cinereus	(Torr. & A.Gray) R.C.Jacks. & Guard	in Amer. Midl. Nat. lviii. 428 (1957). lviii. 428 1957		wfo-0000028334
Helianthus cirrhoides	Lehm.	in Hamb. Gartenz. viii. (1852) 458. viii. 458. 1852		wfo-0000039168
Helianthus cochinchinensis	Pers.	Syn. Pl. (Persoon) 2(2): 476 476 1807		wfo-0000026805
Helianthus colossus	Kunze	Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. vii. (1839) 43. vii. 43 1839		wfo-0000046112
Helianthus cordatus	Lam. ex DC.	Prodr. (DC.) 5: 551 551 1836		wfo-0000020499
Helianthus corymbosus	Poepp. ex DC.	Prodr. (DC.) 5: 592 592 1836		wfo-0000058783
Helianthus crassifolius	Nutt.	Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 367 367 1841	—	wfo-0000121927
Helianthus crinitus	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2 (Steudel) 1: 737 737 1840		wfo-0000037006
Helianthus cultus	Ventsl.	in Fl. Cult. Pl., USSR, ed. Vavilov et al., vii. (Oleiferous Pl.) 382 (1941),sine descr. lat. "vii. (Oleiferous Pl.) 382 (1941),sine descr. lat."		wfo-0000071045
Helianthus curtissii	Fernald ex E.Watson	–		wfo-0000015663
Helianthus decapetalus	Darl.	Fl. Cestr. ed. II. 483. II. 483	—	wfo-0000107170
Helianthus decapitatus	L.	Sp. Pl. 905. 905	—	wfo-0000028546
Helianthus diffusus	Moench	Suppl. Meth. (Moench) 259. 1802 [2 May 1802] 259 1802		wfo-0000014090
Helianthus divaricatus	Michx.	Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) ii. 141 141	—	wfo-0000075980
Helianthus diversifolius	Elliott	Sketch, ii. 423 423	—	wfo-0000123914
Helianthus dodecapetalus	Panz.	Pflanzensyst. ix. 557 (1783); fide Merrill in Journ. Arn. Arb. 1938, xix. 372,in syn. ix. 557 1783		wfo-0000029106
Helianthus doronicoides	(Lam.) R.C.Jacks.	Rhodora lviii. 99 (1956). lviii. 99 1956		wfo-0000117486
Helianthus doronicoides	Torr. & A.Gray	Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 2: 327, partim 327 1842		wfo-0000080097
Helianthus douglasii	Torr. & A.Gray	Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 2: 332 332 1842		wfo-0000076879
Helianthus elegans	E.Watson	1929	—	wfo-0000045207
Helianthus erythrocarpus	Bartl.	Linnaea 14(Lit.): 125. 1840 1840		wfo-0000058729
Helianthus esculentus	Rottb.	Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 298 298 1778		wfo-0000095991
Helianthus exasperatus	E.Watson	1929	—	wfo-0000082678
Helianthus excubitor	E.Watson	396, pl. 54 1929		wfo-0000078557
Helianthus filiformis	(Small) R.W.Long	Rhodora lvi. 202 (1954). lvi. 202 1954		wfo-0000077771
Helianthus formosus	E.Watson	1929	—	wfo-0000006305
Helianthus frondosus	L.	1755		wfo-0000015113
Helianthus fulgidus	E.H.L.Krause	165 1905		wfo-0000012604
Helianthus gayanus	Phil.	Anales Univ. Chile xc. (1895) 39 39	—	wfo-0000024320
Helianthus giganteus	Lour.	Fl. Cochinch. 509 (sp. ignot.). 509	—	wfo-0000116651
Helianthus giganteus	Cav.	Ic. iii. 10. t. 219. 1795	—	wfo-0000074811
Helianthus giganteus subsp. alienus	(E.Watson) Long	–		wfo-0000080250
Helianthus giganteus var. ambiguus	Torr. & A.Gray	A Flora of North America: containing . . . 2(2): 325-326 1842		wfo-0000106236
Helianthus giganteus var. utahensis	D.C.Eaton	United States Geological Expolration [sic] of the Fortieth Parallel. Botany 169 1871	—	wfo-0000098419
Helianthus gigas	Michx.	Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) ii. 141 141 1803		wfo-0000127295
Helianthus glaucus	(Small) D.M.Sm. & Guard	Brittonia x. 142 (1958). x. 142 1958	—	wfo-0000068345
Helianthus gracilis	Bertol.	Misc. Bot. vii. 41. vii. 41.		wfo-0000014660
Helianthus grandiflorus	Wood	Am. Bot. Flor. 178. 178		wfo-0000060266
Helianthus grandiflorus	Juss. ex Pers.	Syn. Pl. (Persoon) 2(2): 475 475 1807		wfo-0000074041
Helianthus grandiflorus	Wender.	1835		wfo-0000000479
Helianthus grandiflorus	Wender. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2 (Steudel) 1: 737 737 1840		wfo-0000112733
Helianthus grosse-serratus	Pohl ex Baker	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 6(3): 174 174	—	wfo-0000070936
Helianthus herbaceus	Vell.	Fl. Flum. viii. 145. viii. 145.		wfo-0000118014
Helianthus heterophyllus	Short	Cat. Kentuck. Pl. Suppl. 3. 3		wfo-0000060035
Helianthus hirtus	(L.) E.H.L.Krause	in Sturm, Fl. Deutschland, ed. 2, xiii. 166 (1905). 1905	—	wfo-0000134575
Helianthus hispidulus	Elliott	Sketch, ii. 419 419	—	wfo-0000121736
Helianthus hookeri	G.Don	in Loud. Hort. Brit. 358. 358		wfo-0000137503
Helianthus hookerianus	DC.	Prodr. (DC.) 5: 590 590 1836		wfo-0000026632
Helianthus illinoensis	Gleason	214 1904		wfo-0000044198
Helianthus impapurensis	Hieron.	–	—	wfo-0000072412
Helianthus inexpectatus	D.J. Keil & Elvin	Aliso 28: 60–62, f. 1 60 2010		wfo-0001043815
Helianthus insulatus	E.Watson	–	—	wfo-0000064436
Helianthus kellermani	(Britton) R.W.Long	Rhodora lvi. 200 (1954). lvi. 200 1954		wfo-0000096024
Helianthus kellermanii	Britton	Rhodora 56: 200 994 1901		wfo-0000002646
Helianthus laciniatus	(L.) E.H.L.Krause	in Sturm, Fl. Deutschland, ed. 2, xiii. 164 (1905). 1905	—	wfo-0000002871
Helianthus laetiflorus	Pers.	Syn. Pl. 2(2): 476 476 1807		wfo-0001130856
Helianthus laevis	Walter	Fl. Carol. 215 215 1788		wfo-0000068863
Helianthus latifolius	W.Young.	Cat. Arbres, Arbustes & Pl. Herb. Am. 37 (1783), nomen seminudum. "37 , nomen seminudum." 1783		wfo-0000131051
Helianthus lehmanni	Hieron. ex Sodiro	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xxix. 39. 39	—	wfo-0000073642
Helianthus leiostemon	Raf. ex DC.	Prodr. (DC.) 5: 588 588 1836		wfo-0000082060
Helianthus lenticularis	Hort.	ex Gartenfl. liii. (1894) 104 fig. 25. liii. 104 fig. 25 1894		wfo-0000059125
Helianthus leoninus	E.Watson	1929	—	wfo-0000065777
Helianthus leptocaulis	S.F.Blake	519 1916		wfo-0000135538
Helianthus lindheimerianus	Scheele	Linnaea 22: 159. 1849 159 1849		wfo-0000043819
Helianthus littoralis	Chapman ex E.Watson	in Papers Mich. Acad. Sc. 1928, ix. 353 (1929), in syn. 353	—	wfo-0000013173
Helianthus longifolius	Hook.	Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) i. 313 313 1833	—	wfo-0000118332
Helianthus lundstroemii	Fedde	in Just's Bot. Jahresb. 1914, xlii. II. 94 (1920), in adnot., hybr. "xlii. II. 94 (1920), in adnot., hybr" 1914		wfo-0000036986
Helianthus luxurians	E. Watson	Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 9: 464–465, pl. 85–86 464 1929		wfo-0001130248
Helianthus macrophyllus	Willd.	Hort. Berol. t. 70. t. 70		wfo-0000124803
Helianthus membranaceus	E.Watson	438, pl. 69 1929		wfo-0000002958
Helianthus mexicanus	(Walp.) Hemsl.	Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. ii. 180. 180 1881	—	wfo-0000022847
Helianthus micranthus	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) [Sprengel] 3: 618 618 1826		wfo-0000038549
Helianthus missouriensis	Schwein. ex Nutt.	Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 368 368 1841	—	wfo-0000093838
Helianthus missuricus	Spreng.	Nov. Prov. 21. 21 1819		wfo-0000004147
Helianthus mollis	Willd.	2240 1803		wfo-0000065168
Helianthus mollis	Buc'hoz	Herb. Col. Amer. t. 51 (Quid?). t. 51		wfo-0000035938
Helianthus mollissimus	E.Watson	1929	—	wfo-0000069356
Helianthus montevidensis	Spreng. ex Arechav.	in Anal. Mus. Montevideo, vi. (Fl. Urug. iii.) 332 (1908). vi. (Fl. Urug. iii.) 332 1908		wfo-0000043603
Helianthus multiflorus	W.Young	Cat. Arbres, Arbustes & Pl. Herb. Am. 37 (1783), nomen seminudum. "37 , nomen seminudum." 1783		wfo-0000094971
Helianthus multiflorus	(L.) Heiser & D.M.Sm.	Amer. J. Bot. xlvii. 865 (1960), in adnot. 865	—	wfo-0000039821
Helianthus nebrascensis	Cockerell	1919	—	wfo-0000039230
Helianthus neglectus	Otto ex A.Gray	Syn. Fl. N. Am. i. II. 279. i. II. 279		wfo-0000131649
Helianthus neomexicanus	Wooton & Standl.	190 1913		wfo-0000016987
Helianthus nitidus	Lunell	236 1910		wfo-0000075984
Helianthus oleifer	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 3194 3194	—	wfo-0000065642
Helianthus oliveri	A.Gray	299 1885		wfo-0000032920
Helianthus pallidus	Farw.	Asa Gray Bull. 3: 21 21 1895		wfo-0000006454
Helianthus parviflorus	Bernh. ex Spreng.	Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) [Sprengel] 3: 617 617 1826		wfo-0000076029
Helianthus parviflorus	Hornem.	842 1815		wfo-0000011522
Helianthus pedunculatus	Hort ex Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. ii. 352. ii. 352		wfo-0000024244
Helianthus perennis	Fritsch & E.Salisb.	Pl. Form & Funct. 228 (1938), in obs., sine descr. lat. 228		wfo-0000010201
Helianthus peruvianus	Klotzsch	Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. iii. (1835) 369. iii. 369 1835		wfo-0000030172
Helianthus petiolaris	Hort. ex DC.	Prodr. (DC.) 5: 586 586 1836		wfo-0000007743
Helianthus pinnatus	(Vent.) E.H.L.Krause	1905	—	wfo-0000115924
Helianthus plantagineus	(Torr. & A.Gray) E.Watson	367 1929		wfo-0000089402
Helianthus polycephalus	Cass.	in Dict. Sc. Nat. xx. 352. xx. 352		wfo-0000072261
Helianthus polyphyllus	Small	480 1898		wfo-0000039603
Helianthus porteri	Heiser	in Indiana Acad. Sci., 88: 371 (1979), without direct ref. to place of publ.; cf. Gray Herb. Card Cat.:. 371 1979		wfo-0000039480
Helianthus procumbens	Sessé & Moc.	Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 193 193 1894		wfo-0000064592
Helianthus procumbens	Raf.	Fl. Ludov. 70 (Quid ?). 70		wfo-0000066403
Helianthus prostratus	Willd.	Sp. Pl. iii. 2242. iii. 2242		wfo-0000088606
Helianthus pseudoverbesinoides	Hieron. ex Sodiro	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xxix. 40. 40	—	wfo-0000029257
Helianthus pubescens	[Ker-Gawl.]	Bot. Reg. t. 524. t. 524	—	wfo-0000018217
Helianthus pubescens	Vahl	Symb. Bot. (Vahl) ii. 92 92 1791		wfo-0000119060
Helianthus pubescens	Hook.	Bot. Mag. 54: t. 2778 2778 1827		wfo-0000120469
Helianthus pumilus	Pers.	475 1807		wfo-0000114126
Helianthus ramosissimus	Mill.	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 8. 8 1768		wfo-0000014282
Helianthus rivularis	Poepp. ex DC.	Prodr. (DC.) 5: 495 495 1836		wfo-0000018796
Helianthus ruderalis	Ventsl.	in Fl. Cult. Pl., USSR, ed. Vavilov et al., vii. (Oleiferous Pl.) 430 (1941),sine descr. lat. "vii. (Oleiferous Pl.) 430 (1941),sine descr. lat."		wfo-0000130405
Helianthus rugosus	S.Schauer	Linnaea 19: 728. 1847 728 1847		wfo-0000014015
Helianthus scaber	Pohl ex Baker	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 6(3): 174 174	—	wfo-0000094846
Helianthus scaberrimus	Benth.	Bot. Voy. Sulphur 28. 28		wfo-0000032380
Helianthus similis	(Brandegee) S.F.Blake	Contr. Gray Herb. 54: 189 189 1918		wfo-0000115574
Helianthus smithiorum	Heiser	Rhodora 66: 346 346 1964		wfo-0000061838
Helianthus sodiroi	Hieron. ex Sodiro	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xxix. 41. 41	—	wfo-0000005812
Helianthus sparsiflorus	A.Gray	Syn. Fl. N. Am. i. II. 463 (err. typ.). i. II. 463		wfo-0000131181
Helianthus spathulatus	Elliott	Sketch, ii. 421 421	—	wfo-0000009201
Helianthus squarrosus	Nutt.	Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 367 367 1841	—	wfo-0000122004
Helianthus striatus	Raf.	Atl. Journ. 17 (Quid ?). 17		wfo-0000134461
Helianthus strumosus	Willd.	Sp. Pl. iii. 2242. iii. 2242		wfo-0000134227
Helianthus subtuberosus	Bourg. ex A.Gray	Syn. Fl. N. Am. i. II. 276. i. II. 276		wfo-0000085583
Helianthus superbus	Bergmans	Vaste Pl. Rotsheesters, 264 (1924). 264 1924		wfo-0000135686
Helianthus tenellus	Raf.	Atl. Journ. 17 (Quid ?). 17		wfo-0000041745
Helianthus tenuifolius	Elliott	Sketch, ii. 420 420	—	wfo-0000001466
Helianthus tomentosus	Elliott	A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia 2: 424-425 1824	—	wfo-0000129052
Helianthus trachaefolius	Wood	Class-book Bot. (ed. 1861). 449, sphalm. 449 1861		wfo-0000107530
Helianthus tracheliifolius	Hook.	Comp. Bot. Mag. i. (1835) 98. i. 98 1835		wfo-0000034816
Helianthus trilobatus	Sessé & Moc.	1890	—	wfo-0000071220
Helianthus trinervis	hort.madr. ex DC.	Prodr. (DC.) 5: 585 585 1836		wfo-0000128321
Helianthus trinervis	Noronha	18 1790		wfo-0000133500
Helianthus truncatus	Schwein. ex Elliott	Sketch, ii. 416 416	—	wfo-0000084493
Helianthus tuberosus	Parry	in Owen, Rep. Minnesot. Surv. 614. 614		wfo-0000061508
Helianthus undulatus	Chapm.	689 1892		wfo-0000015694
Helianthus utahensis	(D.C.Eaton) A.Nelson	1902		wfo-0000035854
Helianthus vernalis	E.Watson	407, pl. 61 1929		wfo-0000136805
Helianthus verticillatus	Small	479 1898		wfo-0000124986
Helianthus vicetinus	Turra ex Zang.	in Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. Milano, xi. 1868 (1869) 389. 389	—	wfo-0000124812
Helianthus virgatus	Lam.	Encycl. (Lamarck) 3(1): 85 85 1789		wfo-0000013272
Helianthus virilis	E.Watson	1929	—	wfo-0000004889
Helianthus vulgaris	W.Young	Cat. Arbres, Arbustes & Pl. Herb. Am. 37 (1783), nomen seminudum. "37 , nomen seminudum." 1783		wfo-0000126210