Onagraceae

Epilobium Dill. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 347 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil South, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Svalbard, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Mexican Pacific Is.

Introduced into:

Crozet Is., Hawaii, Kerguelen, Malaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Chase, M.W. (2017). Plants of the World. An illustrated encyclopedia of vascular plants: 1-792. Kew Publishing, The university of Chicago Press.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Flora of Iraq

  • Haussknecht, Monographie der Gattung Epilobium. Jena (1884)
  • Linnaeus, Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 471 (1754)
  • Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 1, 347 (1753)

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 486.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 164 (1754).
  • Raven in Bothalia 9: 309–333 (1967).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 347 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 164 (1754)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2020 Argent, G. [10/15] Papua New Guinea K001392811 No
Jan 1, 2012 Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [1945] India K000979323 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Faurie, P. [13652] Japan K000979313 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [1945] India K000979322 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Faurie, P. [13652] Japan K000979314 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Dusén, P. [5842] Argentina K000484037 Isolectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Krauss [154] K000310938 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Pratt, A.E. [723] China K000812794 Yes
Aug 1, 1960 Pratt, A.E. [433] China K000812795 Yes
Jul 23, 1952 Thom, G. [227] South Africa K000310933 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cooper, T. [2422] South Africa K000311172 Type Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 6329] India K001123576 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6329] Nepal K001123575 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R. [5580] New Zealand K:SPC-36943.000 No
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States K000742529 Unknown Type Material Yes
Geyer, C.A. [543] United States K000742527 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brockie, W.B. [97189] New Zealand K000742534 Type Yes
s.coll. [3810] K000742535 Type Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [1444] South Africa K000310939 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brewer, W.H. [38] United States K000742508 Unknown Type Material Yes
Marshall, E.S. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000742625 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [6059] Spain K:SPC-01796.000 No
Cavalerie, J. [2438] China K000742622 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie, J. [2438] China K000742621 Isolectotype Yes
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States K000742526 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johns, R.J. [9040] K:SPC-64307.000 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 6330] India K001123578 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States K000742522 Type Yes
Cooper, T. [901] K000310937 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R. [5636] K:SPC-36896.000 No
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States K000742523 Type Yes
Marshall, E.S. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000742626 Unknown Type Material Yes
Greene, E.L. [s.n.] United States K000742507 Type Yes
Gerard, P. [Cat. no. 6326] India K001123572 Unknown Type Material Yes
K000310936 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R. [555GB] New Zealand K:SPC-36865.000 No
Robson, N. [245] Malawi K:SPC-25713.000 No
Cooper, T. [2677] South Africa K000310935 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gerard, P. [Cat. no. 6325] India K001123571 Unknown Type Material Yes
Culbertson, J.D. [4502] United States K000742506 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cooper, T. [901] South Africa K000311171 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000742521 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 6330] India K001123577 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6327] Nepal K001123573 Unknown Type Material Yes
Menzies, A. [s.n.] United States K000742525 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sobral, M.; Brack, P.; Grabauska, C. [4333] Brazil K001077582 Yes
Baker, M.S.; Nutting, F. [s.n.] United States K000742524 Type Yes
Melville, E.F.; Melville, R.; Druce, A.P. [5557] New Zealand K:SPC-36940.000 No
Jan 1, 1962 Douglas, D. [s.n.] United States Boisduvalia K000742490 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1962 Douglas, D. [s.n.] United States Boisduvalia K000742491 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1962 Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States Boisduvalia K000742489 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images