Amethystea caerulea

Amethystea caerulea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Ajugoideae
Tribus: Ajugeae
Genus: Amethystea
Species: Amethystea caerulea

Name

Amethystea caerulea L., 1753

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Amethystea trifida Hill, Veg. Syst. 17: 44 (1770).
  • Amethystea corymbosa Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 24 (1805).
  • Lycopus amethystinus Steven, Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 341 (1817).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya Introduced into: East European Russia, West Siberia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 21. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Amethystea caerulea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Amethystea caerulea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Amethystea caerulea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Amethystea caerulea. Published online. Accessed: Mar 15 2022.

Vernacular names

suomi: Turkoosikukka
ქართული: Көпен
polski: Modratka
русский: Аметистея
中文: 水棘针属

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