Dianthus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 409 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Europe to Temp. Asia and Himalaya, Africa, Subarctic America.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Alabama, Alberta, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bangladesh, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kermadec Is., Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Tunica Ludw. in Inst. Reg. Veg., ed. 2: 129 (1757), nom. superfl.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fassou, G., Korotkova, N., Nersesyan, A., Koch, M.A., Dimopoulos, P. & Borsch, T. (2022). Taxonomy of Dianthus (Caryophyllaceae) – overall phylogenetic relationships and assessment of species diversity based on a first comprehensive checklist of the genus. PhytoKeys 196: 91-214.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 191 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 409 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 191 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl. 409 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1983 Sintenis, P.E.E.; Bornmuller, J.F.N. [817] Greece K000725241 Syntype Yes
Jul 1, 1885 K000311055 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1880 Nelson, W. [334] K000311000 Type Yes
Bunge, A.A., Von. [s.n.] Iran K000725482 Unknown Type Material Yes
Grintescu, G.P. [404 b] Romania K000725287 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ecklon. [s.n.] K000311010 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H.von. [s.n.] Greece K000725299 Type Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [498] Greece K000725260 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nelson, W. [334] K000311001 Type Yes
López, G.; Muñoz Garmendia, F. [s.n.] Morocco K001569879 Yes
K:SPC-75334.000 No
K:SPC-74695.000 No
Vandas, D.K. [s.n.] Croatia K000725378 Unknown Type Material Yes
López, G.; Muñoz Garmendia, F. [8956] Morocco K001581654 Yes
K:SPC-75290.000 No
K:SPC-75286.000 No
Peter, A. [50835] K001600667 Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [99] Iraq K000725422 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis; Hedge [31511] Turkey K:SPC-75194.000 No
K:SPC-75212.000 No
K:SPC-75217.000 No
Kotschy, K.G.T. [21.470] Iran K000725478 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sandwitch, N.Y. [6020] Spain K:SPC-31215.000 No
Castroviejo, S.; Fdez. Casas, J.; Muñoz Garmendia, F.; Susanna, A. [4679] Morocco K001569896 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K000725476 Unknown Type Material Yes
Susanna [864] Spain K001581064 Yes
Baldacci, A. [17] Albania K000725281 Type Yes
Sanane, M. [1132] Tanzania K001452943 Yes
Falconer, H. [211] India K000725546 Type Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [4237] Iran K000725480 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H.von. [s.n.] Greece K000725298 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-70000.371 No
K:SPC-75189.000 No
[Ebrd Hanth] [s.n.] K000725291 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [21] Iran K000725477 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [4241] Iran K000725479 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-75208.000 No
Studniczka, K. [s.n.] Croatia K000725360 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H.von. [s.n.] Greece K000725383 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royal, J.F. [s.n.] India K000725551 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [4233] Iran K000725481 Unknown Type Material Yes
MacGillivray [664] K:SPC-75207.000 No
Grintescu, G.P. [404 a] Romania K000725286 Type Yes
Angus, A. [2734] Zambia K001452966 Yes
[Blocki, B.] [s.n.] Poland K000725285 Type Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [99] Iraq K000725421 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ledebour, C.F.Von. [s.n.] K000725319 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sanane, M. [s.n.] Tanzania K001452944 Yes
Blocki, B. [s.n.] Poland K000725284 Type Yes
Pichler, T. [s.n.] Iran K000725483 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [4237] Iran K000725484 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sandwitch, N.Y. [6070] Spain K:SPC-31018.000 No
Blocki, B. [s.n.] K000725293 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schlecter [9026] South Africa K001375472 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ukraine K000725292 Unknown Type Material Yes
T. M. H. [819] K000310995 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baldacci, A. [160] Albania K000725280 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • 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

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