Cacalia
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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Cacalia | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Asterales | familia = Asteraceae | genus = Cacalia | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}
Cacalia ( L.), is a large genus of to a flowering plants in the sunflower family Asteraceae, occurring in the temperate climates of the northern hemisphere, mainly in Europe and Asia minor.
Cacalia species are commonly known as Indian plantain. Many of the plants in this genus have also been reassigned to genera Emilia (Tasselflower), Arnoglossum, Cacaliopsis, Hasteola, Mikania, Parasenecio, Porophyllum, Psacalium and Rugelia, creating numerous species commonly know as Indian plantains from different genera.
Some species of Cacalia
- C. adenostyloides --
- C. atriplicifolia ( syn. of Arnoglossum atriplicifolium) -- Pale Indian Plantain.
- C. cordifolia (syn. of Mikania cordifolia)
- C. diversifolia (syn. of Arnoglossum diversifolium) -- Variable-leaved Indian Plantain.
- C. hastata --
- C. kleinia --
- C. javanica
- C. mentrasto (syn. of Ageratum conyzoides)
- C. muehlenbergii (synonym of Arnoglossum muehlenbergii) -- Great Indian Plantain.
- C. porophyllum (syn. of Porophyllum ruderale) --
- C. ruderalis (syn. of Porophyllum ruderale)
- C. sonchifolia (syn. of Emilia coccinea)
- C. suaveolens (syn. of Hasteola suaveolens) -- Sweet-scented Indian Plantain.
- C. tangutica --
- C. tuberosa (syn. of Arnoglossum plantagineum) -- Tuberous Indian Plantain.
Reference
- Barkley, T.M. 1999. The segregates of Senecio, s.l., and Cacalia, s.l., in the Flora of North America north of Mexico. Sida 18:661-672.