''Helminthotheca'' (commonly called ox-tongue) is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
in the tribe
Cichorieae of the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
. ''Helminthotheca'' is closely related to the genus ''
Picris
''Picris'' (oxtongues) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.
''Picris'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, such as the grass moth '' Diasemia ret ...
'', both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.
; Species
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* '']Helminthotheca aculeata
''Helminthotheca'' (commonly called ox-tongue) is a genus in the tribe Cichorieae of the family Asteraceae. ''Helminthotheca'' is closely related to the genus ''Picris'', both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.
; Species
* '' Helminthotheca ...
'' - Italy, Algeria, Tunisia
* ''Helminthotheca balansae
''Helminthotheca'' (commonly called ox-tongue) is a genus in the tribe Cichorieae of the family Asteraceae. ''Helminthotheca'' is closely related to the genus ''Picris'', both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.
; Species
* ''Helminthotheca a ...
'' - Algeria, Morocco
* ''Helminthotheca comosa
''Helminthotheca'' (commonly called ox-tongue) is a genus in the tribe Cichorieae of the family Asteraceae. ''Helminthotheca'' is closely related to the genus ''Picris'', both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.
; Species
* ''Helminthotheca a ...
'' - Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar
* ''Helminthotheca echioides
''Helminthotheca echioides'', known as bristly (or prickly) oxtongue, is a sprawling annual plant, annual or biennial plant, biennial herb native to Europe and North Africa. It was originally placed within the genus ''Picris'' but is often separa ...
'' (syn. ''Picris echioides'')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
References
Asteraceae genera
Cichorieae
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