Genus Inula L.


Summary
Genus number:
6048
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Inuleae
Accession count:

19 (3  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
a proposal for conservation (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9) has failed


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References:
  1. Applequist, W. L. 2013. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 65. Taxon 62:1322-1323. Note: proposal not recommended
  2. Gutiérrez-Larruscain, D. et al. 2018. Phylogeny of the Inula group (Asteraceae: Inuleae): evidence from nuclear and plastid genomes and a recircumscription of Pentanema. Taxon 67:149-164. DOI: 10.12705/671.10.
  3. Santos-Vicente, M. et al. 2012. (2111) Proposal to conserve the name Inula (Asteraceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 61:1330-1331.
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=6048. Accessed 15 April 2026.