Genus Helenium L.


Summary
Genus number:
5469
Last updated:
6 January 2011
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Helenieae
Common name(s):

sneezeweed
Accession count:

73 (35  active, 21  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
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References:
  1. Bierner, M. W. 1972. Taxonomy of Helenium sect. Tetrodus and a conspectus of North American Helenium (Compositae). Brittonia 24:331-355.
  2. Bierner, M. W. 1978. The taxonomy of Helenium sect. Cephalophora (Asteraceae). Syst. Bot. 3:277-298. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  3. Bierner, M. W. 1987. Taxonomy of Helenium sect. Actinea (Asteraceae). Sida 12:253-271.
  4. Bierner, M. W. 1989. Taxonomy of Helenium sect. Amarum (Asteraceae). Sida 13:453-459.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=5469. Accessed 10 May 2026.