Genus Helipterum DC.


Summary
Genus number:
5497
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Gnaphalieae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
  • an illegitimate later homonym (Madrid ICN Art. 53) of Helipterum Lindley (1836) that is unavailable for use
  • never typified, South African taxa currently placed in Syncarpha DC. & most Australian taxa in Rhodanthe Lindl.


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References:
  1. Anderberg, A. A. 1991. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Bot. 104:107. Note: refers most Australian taxa to Rhodanthe Lindl.
  2. Nordenstam, B. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Syncarpha (Compositae - Gnaphalieae). Compositae Newslett. 17:2. Note: places South African taxa in Syncarpha DC.
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=5497. Accessed 10 May 2026.