Pulicaria

Pulicaria
Pulicaria dysenterica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Inuleae
Genus: Pulicaria
Gaertn.
Type species
Pulicaria vulgaris
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Tubilium Cass.
  • Duchesnia Cass.
  • Sclerostephane Chiov.
Pulicaria wightiana in Hyderabad, India.

Pulicaria is a genus of flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa.[3][4][5][6][7][8] In North America Pulicaria is known by the common name false fleabane.[7]

Pulicaria species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of June 2022:[9]

  1. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-26 at archive.today
  2. ^ Kilian, N (1999). "Studies in the Compositae of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1. Pulicaria gamal-eldinae sp. nova (Inuleae) bridges the gap between Pulicaria and former Sclerostephane (now P. sect. Sclerostephane)". Willdenowia. 29 (1–2): 167–185. doi:10.3372/wi.29.2916. S2CID 85381268.
  3. ^ Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De fructibus et seminibus plantarum 2(3): 461–462 in Latin
  4. ^ Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De fructibus et seminibus plantarum 2(3): plate CLXXIII line drawing of Pulicaria vulgaris
  5. ^ Tropicos, Pulicaria Gaertn.
  6. ^ Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 825 蚤草属 zao cao shu Pulicaria Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 461. 1791.
  7. ^ a b Flora of North America
  8. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Pulicaria
  9. ^ "Pulicaria Gaertn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-16.