Editing Helminthotheca

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Picris echioides inflorescence.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Helminthotheca echioides]]''
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Helminthotheca
|authority = Vaill. ex [[Johann Gottfried Zinn|Zinn]]
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=u>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=65726a0b-f20e-4f5c-8f45-e0f9a8e598e3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]</ref>
|synonyms =
* ''Helminthia'' <small>Juss.</small>
* ''Vigineixia'' <small>Pomel</small>
}}

'''''Helminthotheca''''' (commonly called '''ox-tongue)'''<ref>[http://www.newyork.plantatlas.usf.edu/Genus.aspx?id=1092 Genus ''Helminthotheca'' page in the New York Flora Atlas, 12-20-2012]</ref> is a [[genus]] in the tribe [[Cichorieae]] of the family [[Asteraceae]].<ref>Zinn, Johann Gottfried. 1757.  Catalogus Plantarum Horti Gottingensis 430</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023097 Tropicos, ''Helminthotheca'' Zinn ]</ref>  ''Helminthotheca'' is closely related to the genus ''[[Picris]]'', both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.<ref>Kilian, Gemeinholzer & Lack (2009). ''Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of Compositae.'' (Funk, Susanna, Stuessy & Beyer, eds.) Ch. 24. Chichorieae, pp. 349-352.</ref><ref>[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Helminthotheca Altervista Flora Italiana, genere ''Helminthotheca''] includes photos and European distribution maps</ref>

; Species<ref name=u/><ref>{{cite web |title=Helminthotheca Zinn {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:9275-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=30 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Helminthotheca |url=https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list#plantUid-300268 |website=worldplants.de |access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref>
* ''[[Helminthotheca aculeata]]'' - Italy, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
* ''[[Helminthotheca balansae]]'' - Algeria, Morocco
* ''[[Helminthotheca comosa]]'' - Algeria, Morocco, southern Spain, Gibraltar
* ''[[Helminthotheca echioides]]'' (syn. ''Picris echioides'')<ref>[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=780367 Interagency Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) report for ''Helminthotheca echioides'' (L.) Holub, accessed 12-23-2012]</ref> - widespread across much of Europe and the Mediterranean from Ireland + Canary Islands to Poland + Iran; naturalized in Australia, North and South America
* ''[[Helminthotheca glomerata]]'' - Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco
* ''[[Helminthotheca spinosa]]'' - central and southern Portugal, southwestern Spain

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[[Category:Asteraceae genera]]
[[Category:Cichorieae]]


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