Circaea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Onagraceae
Subfamilia: Onagroideae
Tribus: Circaeeae
Genus: Circaea
Species: C. alpina – C. canadensis – C. cireniana – C. cordata – C. erubescens – C. glabrescens – C. hsuehshanensis – C. lalashanensis – C. lutetiana – C. mollis – C. repens
Nothospecies: C. × decipiens – C. × dubia – C. × intermedia – C. × mentiens – C. × ovata – C. × skvortsovii – C. × sterilis – C. × taronensis

Name

Circaea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 9 (1753)

Type species: Circaea lutetiana L. (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Ocimastrum Rupr., Fl. Ingrica 366. (1860)
Heterotypic
- Carlo-stephania Bubani, Fl. Pyrenaea 2: 658. 1899 (sero?)-1900.
- Regmus Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 328. 1867.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regional: Temp. Northern Hemisphere
  - Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 9. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Circaea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec 15. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Circaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Circaea. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Circaea. Accessed: 15 Dec 2023.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Circaea in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2023 Dec 15.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Circaea. Accessed: 2023 Dec 15.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Circaea in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec 15.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: İkiləçək
čeština: čarovník
dansk: Steffensurt
Deutsch: Hexenkräuter
English: Enchanters Nightshade
فارسی: افسونگر شب
suomi: Velholehdet
hornjoserbsce: Kuzłarnička
日本語: ミズタマソウ属
Nederlands: Heksenkruid
русский: Двулепестник
slovenčina: čarovník
svenska: Häxörtssläktet
中文: 露珠草属

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