Cichorium intybus
A species in the Asteraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cichorium
- Species
- Cichorium intybus
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Cichorium intybus. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
49 synonyms in this snapshot
- Cichorium balearicumName author: Porta
- Cichorium byzantinumName author: Clem.
- Cichorium byzantinumName author: Clementi
- Cichorium caeruleumName author: Gilib.
- Cichorium casniaName author: C.B.Clarke
- Cichorium cicoreaName author: Dumort.
- Cichorium communeName author: Pall.
- Cichorium cosniaName author: Buch.-Ham.
- Cichorium divaricatumName author: Heldr. ex Nyman
- Cichorium glabratumName author: C.Presl
- Cichorium glaucumName author: Hoffmanns. & Link
- Cichorium hirsutumName author: Gren.
- Cichorium illyricumName author: Borb.
- Cichorium intybus convar. foliosumName author: (Hegi) J.Holub
- Cichorium intybus convar. radicosumName author: (Alef.) J.Holub
- Cichorium intybus f. albaName author: Farw.
- Cichorium intybus f. crispumName author: Makino
- Cichorium intybus f. intybusName author: Not supplied
- Cichorium intybus f. rubicundaName author: Farw.
- Cichorium intybus f. sativumName author: Bisch.
- Cichorium intybus f. sylvestreName author: Bisch.
- Cichorium intybus subsp. balearicaName author: (Porta) Gand.
- Cichorium intybus subsp. balearicumName author: (Porta) Gand.
- Cichorium intybus subsp. foliosumName author: (Hegi) Janch.
- Cichorium intybus subsp. glabratumName author: (C.Presl) Wagenitz & U.Bedarff
- Cichorium intybus subsp. glabratumName author: (C.Presl) Arcang.
- Cichorium intybus subsp. glaucumName author: (Hoffmanns. & Link) Tzvelev
- Cichorium intybus subsp. illyricumName author: (Borb.) Jáv.
- Cichorium intybus subsp. sativumName author: (Bisch.) Janch.
- Cichorium intybus subsp. spicatumName author: I.Ricci
- Cichorium intybus subsp. sylvestreName author: (Bisch.) Janch.
- Cichorium intybus var. callosumName author: (Pomel) Maire
- Cichorium intybus var. eglandulosumName author: Freyn & Sint.
- Cichorium intybus var. foliosumName author: Hegi
- Cichorium intybus var. glabratumName author: (C.Presl) Gren. & Godr.
- Cichorium intybus var. glabrumName author: (C.Presl) Gren. & Godr.
- Cichorium intybus var. indivisumName author: Vis.
- Cichorium intybus var. intybusName author: Not supplied
- Cichorium intybus var. khatooniaeName author: Abedin & Ghafoor
- Cichorium intybus var. leucophaeumName author: Gren. & Godr.
- Cichorium intybus var. longipesName author: Faure & Maire
- Cichorium intybus var. radicosumName author: Alef.
- Cichorium intybus var. sativumName author: (Bisch.) Janch.
- Cichorium intybus var. silvestreName author: Vis.
- Cichorium officinaleName author: Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
- Cichorium perenneName author: Stokes
- Cichorium rigidumName author: Salisb.
- Cichorium sylvestreName author: Garsault
- Cichorium sylvestreName author: Lam.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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