Dittrichia Explained

Dittrichia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Its species were formerly included in the genus Inula.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Dittrichia is named after German botanist Manfred Dittrich (1934-2016), the previous director of the herbarium at the Botanical Garden in Berlin.^[5]

Species

• Dittrichia graveolens, stinkwort, sticky stinkweed - Mediterranean region (southern Europe^[6] + North Africa) plus southwest Asia as far east as Pakistan; naturalized in California, Asia, Africa, Australia, and other places^{[7] [8]}
• Dittrichia viscosa, false yellowhead, yellow fleabane - Mediterranean region (southern Europe + North Africa)

Notes and References

1. Greuter, Werner Rodolfo. 1973. Exsiccatorum genavensium a conservatorio botanico distributorum 4: 71
2. Web site: GRIN . 2009-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115113/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3895 . 2015-09-24 . dead .
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40034325 Tropicos, Dittrichia Greuter
4. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Dittrichia Altervista Flora Italiana genere Dittrichia
5. http://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Dittrichia_viscosa.php Malta Wild Plants, false yellowhead, Dittrichia viscosa
6. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=dittrichia+graveolens Altervista Flora Italiana, Enula dall'odore intenso, klebriger Alant, kamferinula, Dittrichia graveolens (L.) Greuter
7. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Dittrichia%20graveolens.png Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
8. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:614530 Atlas of Living Australia, Dittrichia graveolens (L.) Greuter, Stinkwort