Tofieldia

Tofieldia coccinea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Tofieldiaceae
Genus: Tofieldia
Species (12): T. calyculata – T. cernua – T. coccinea – T. divergens – T. furusei – T. glabra – T. himalaica – T. nuda – T. okuboi – T. pusilla – T. thibetica – T. yoshiiana
Nothospecies (1): T. × hybrida

Source(s) of checklist:
WCSP

Name

Tofieldia Huds., Fl. Angl., ed. 2: 157 (1778).

• Type species: Tofieldia palustris Huds., nom. illeg. ≡ Tofieldia calyculata (L.) Wahlenb.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Narthecium Gérard, Fl. Gallo-Prov.: 142 (1761), nom. rej.
  • Isidrogalvia Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 3: 69 (1802), nom. superfl.
  • Tofielda Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 399 (1805), orth. var.
  • Cymba Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 117 (1867), nom. superfl.
  • Asphodeliris Möhring ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 706 (1891), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Heriteria Schrank, Baier. Fl. 1: 133 (1789).
  • Hebelia C.C.Gmel., Fl. Bad. 2: 117 (1806).
  • Conradia Raf., Neogenyton: 3 (1825).
    • Leptilix Raf., Neogenyton: 3 (1825).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Southeastern Europe Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Ukraine. Asia-Temperate Siberia Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutiya. Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. China China South-Central, Manchuria, China Southeast. Mongolia Mongolia. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, Nepal. Northern America Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada Labrador, Newfoundland, Ontario, Québec. Northwestern U.S.A. Montana. North-Central U.S.A. Minnesota. Northeastern U.S.A. Michigan. Southeastern U.S.A. North Carolina, South Carolina. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hudson, W. 1778. Flora Anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum Britanniæ sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopæorum. Tomus II. Editio altera, emendata et aucta.. pp. [i], 335–690. Londini [London]: impensis auctoris: prostant venales apud J. Nourse, in the Strand. Biblioteca Digital Google Books Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Tofieldia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Tofieldia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 May 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Tofieldia. Published online. Accessed: 19 May 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Tofieldia. Accessed: 19 May 2023.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Tofieldia in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 19.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Tofieldia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2023 May 22.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Тафільдыя
čeština: Kohátka
Deutsch: Simsenlilien
English: False asphodels
suomi: Karhunruohot
français: Tofieldie
日本語: チシマゼキショウ属

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