Telekia speciosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Inuleae
Subtribus: Inulinae
Genus: Telekia
Species:

Telekia speciosa (Schreb.) Baumg., Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 150 (1817).

Basionym
- Buphthalmum speciosum Schreb., Icon. Descr. Pl.: 11, t. 6 (1766).
Homotypic
- Inula telekia E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 13: 110 (1905).
Heterotypic
- Buphthalmum cordifolium Waldst. & Kit., Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 2: 117 (1805).
- Inula caucasica Pers., Syn. 2: 450 (1807).
  - Corvisartia caucasica (Pers.) G.Don ex Loudon, Hort. Brit. 850 (1830).
- Molpadia suaveolens Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 32: 401 (1824).
- Telekia cordifolia DC., Prodr. 5: 485 (1836).
- Telekia ovata K.Koch, Linnaea 23: 712 (1851).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium (introduced), Czechia-Slovakia, Germany (introduced), Hungary, Poland (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France (introduced).
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (introduced), Romania, Northwest Balkan Peninsula.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States, Central European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - West Siberia (introduced).
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Sakhalin (introduced).
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Türkiye.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Korea (introduced).

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Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. 2013. Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book [in Russian]. 688 pp., Fiton XXI, Moscow. ISBN 978-5-906171-22-1 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Telekia speciosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jul 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Telekia speciosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jul 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Telekia speciosa. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jul 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Telekia speciosa. Accessed: 18 Jul 2025.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Telekia speciosa in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jul 18.