Telekia Explained

Telekia is a genus of flowering plant, of the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Telekia speciosa (Schreb.) Baumg. - Europe + southwest Asia from France and Great Britain to Caucasus^[3]
• Telekia speciosissima DC. 1836 conserved name, not (L.) Less. 1832 - Lombardy region of Italy^{[4] [5]}

formerly included

• Telekia africana Hook.f. - Anisopappus chinensis subsp. africanus (Hook.f.) S.Ortiz & Paiva
• Telekia speciosissima (L.) Less. 1832, not DC. 1836 - Xerolekia speciosissima (L.) Anderb.

Notes and References

1. Baumgarten, Johann Christian Gottlob. 1817. Enumeratio Stirpium Transsilvaniae 3: 150–151
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010741 Tropicos, Telekia Baumg.
3. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=telekia+speciosa Altervista Flora Italiana, Erba regina maggiore, Telekia speciosa (Schreb.) Baumg.
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151920#page/490/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 485
5. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=255192-1 The International Plant Names Index