Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae)

Species description or overview

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Helianthus annuus information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Helianthus annuus--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Helianthus annuus information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Helianthus annuus, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Helianthus annuus
Nomenclatural information about Helianthus annuus is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

GRIN taxonomy for Helianthus annuus
Taxonomic information and links to references and resources for Helianthus annuus are from Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Helianthus annus varieties and subspecies
The International Plant Names Index listing for Helianthus annus includes 48 or more varieties and subspecies.

Helianthus annus taxonomy
Nomenclatural information about Helianthus annuus is provided by ITIS.

Impacts

Risk assessments

Images

Distribution

Books

Full-text articles

Botanical inventory of Kure Atoll
Starr, Forest, Kim Martz, and Lloyd Loope. 2001. Botanical inventory of Kure Atoll. Prepared for Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (Honolulu). 47 pp. illus.

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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The content of this page is based on information last generated on 16 October 2017 by PT. The template for this page was created on 15 March 2004 by EMS, and was last updated on 20 February 2006 by PT.