Primulaceae

Androsace L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 142 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to N. Mexico, S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hainan, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Magadan, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Guinea, New Mexico, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Extinct in:

Newfoundland

Introduced into:

New York

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. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Flora of Iraq

  • Linnaeus Gen. Pl. ed. 5 : 69 (1754);
  • Linnaeus Sp. Pl. ed. 1 : 141 (1753) ;
  • R. Kunth in Pflanzenr. 4, 237: 172 (1905)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [1550] K000750546 Unknown Type Material Yes
James [18] K000750513 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richardson [s.n.] United States K000750512 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maroof Shah [1015] Pakistan K001567521 No
Tozer, A. [126] Mongolia K001636335 Yes
Walton, H.J. [s.n.] China K000750520 Type Yes
Burke [s.n.] K000750510 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 615] India K001111415 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 617] Nepal K001111419 Unknown Type Material Yes
Osborne, J. [514] Kyrgyzstan K000493574 No
Drummond, D. [s.n.] K000750511 Unknown Type Material Yes
Czekanowski, A.L. [s.n.] K000750507 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chamisso, L.K.A.von [s.n.] Canada K000750505 Unknown Type Material Yes
Beechy [s.n.] Canada K000750509 Unknown Type Material Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [8] India K000750545 Type Yes
Kjellman, F.R. [s.n.] Canada K000750508 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kjellman, F.R. [s.n.] United States K000750506 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gray, A. [s.n.] United States Vitaliana K000750485 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richardson [s.n.] Vitaliana K000750487 Type Yes
Allen, O.D. [187] United States Vitaliana K000750483 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nelson, A.; Nelson, E.E. [6203] United States Vitaliana K000750491 Unknown Type Material Yes
Watson, S. [263] United States Vitaliana K000750496 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kelsey, F.D. [s.n.] United States Vitaliana K000750492 Unknown Type Material Yes
Douglas [s.n.] United States Vitaliana K000750490 Type Yes
Howell, T.J.; Howell, J. [s.n.] United States Vitaliana K000750484 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brown, A. [s.n.] United States Vitaliana K000750493 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burbidge, F.W. [s.n.] United States Vitaliana K000750495 Unknown Type Material Yes
Douglas [s.n.] United States Vitaliana K000750488 Unknown Type Material Yes
Douglas [s.n.] United States Vitaliana K000750489 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Vitaliana K000750486 Type Yes
Howard, W.J. [s.n.] United States Vitaliana K000750494 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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