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Helianthus tuberosus L. agg. in the Carpathian Basin: a blessing or a curse?

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Helianthus tuberosus agg., an herbaceous perennial plant from the Asteraceae family, is native to North America and was introduced as a crop to Europe in the seventeenth century. The status of this plant has been rather controversial in the Carpathian Basin. This paper reviews its taxonomy, chorology, and ethnobotany in this region, using data obtained from herbarium specimens, ethnobotanical surveys performed in Transylvania, and data published earlier, documenting the invasive features of the plant since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Our results suggest that (1) Helianthus tuberosus agg. has been present in the Carpathian Basin from the nineteenth century, (2) its taxonomy is problematic since the first part of the nineteenth century; (3) ethnobotanical surveys confirmed that the plant’s tuber has been locally used mostly as a food in Transylvania, collected from cultivation. Overall, Helianthus tuberosus agg. is both a ‘blessing and a curse’ at the same time, it is a valuable crop with beneficial nutritional value, and also an environmentally dangerous invasive element for the diversity of the flora of the Carpathian Basin.

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We are grateful to Zoltán Barina and Dániel Pifkó for their helpful advice (Hungarian Natural History Museum, Hungary), and to colleagues in herbaria for data collection. Special thanks to all people who shared their archaic knowledge in our field work. This research was realized in the frames of TÁMOP 4.2.4. A/2-11-1-2012-0001 “National Excellence Program—Elaborating and operating an inland student and researcher personal support system convergence program”. The project was subsidized by the OTKA (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, PD 108534), the APVV-15-0308 and the VEGA 2/0044/15 grants. The present scientific contribution is dedicated to the 650th anniversary of the foundation of the University of Pécs, Hungary.

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  1. Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Ifjúság St. 6, Pécs, 7624, Hungary

    Rita Filep

  2. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, Rókus St. 2, Pécs, 7624, Hungary

    Rita Filep, Viktória L. Balázs, Ágnes Farkas & Nóra Papp

  3. Department of Natural History, Savaria Museum, Kisfaludy S. St. 9, Szombathely, 9700, Hungary

    Lajos Balogh

  4. Department of Biological Sciences, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, 1300 W Park St, Butte, MT, 59701, USA

    Robert W. Pal

  5. Department of Pharmacognosy and Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Odbojárov St. 10, Bratislava, 83232, Slovakia

    Szilvia Czigle

  6. Department of Hungarian Ethnography and Anthropology, University of Babeş-Bolyai of Cluj-Napoca, Horea 31, 400202, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Dóra Czégényi

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Filep, R., Balogh, L., Balázs, V.L. et al. Helianthus tuberosus L. agg. in the Carpathian Basin: a blessing or a curse?. Genet Resour Crop Evol 65, 865–879 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-017-0577-2

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