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Genus: Echinacea Moench

Family: Asteraceae
Altfamily: Compositae
Common name: echinacea, purple-coneflower
Genus number: 4094
Last updated: 08-Mar-2012
Comment: all 9 accepted species are in GRIN.

Complete List of Accepted Species Records.


References for genus:

  • Binns, S. E. et al. 2002. A taxonomic revision of Echinacea (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Syst. Bot. 27:610–632.
  • Kim, D. H. et al. 2004. Genetic diversity of Echinacea species based upon amplified fragment length polymorphism markers. Genome 47:102–111.
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  • KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:


Check other nomenclature databases for Echinacea:

  • ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
  • NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4094 (23 May 2013)

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