Lycopus (Lamiaceae)

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: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Lycopinae
Genus: Lycopus
Species: L. alissoviae – L. americanus – L. amplectens – L. angustifolius – L. asper – L. australis – L. cavaleriei – L. charkeviczii – L. cokeri – L. europaeus – L. exaltatus – L. glandulosus – L. hirtellus – L. kurilensis – L. lucidus – L. rubellus – L. sichotensis – L. uniflorus – L. virginicus

Nothospecies: L. × intermedius – L. × sherardii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Lycopus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 14. Reference page.

Name

Lycopus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 21 (1753).

Type species: Lycopus europaeus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 21 (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Phytosalpinx Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 2 (1917), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Euhemus Raf., Autik. Bot.: 115 (1840).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Macaronesia
  - Azores.
Asia-Temperate
- Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
- Russian Far East
  - Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
- China
  - China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Xinjiang.
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Pakistan, West Himalaya.
Australasia
- Australia
  - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria.
- Zealand (introduced)
  - New Zealand North (introduced).
Northern America
- Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia (introduced), Ontario, Québec.
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lycopus (Lamiaceae). Accessed: 2022 Apr 12.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Lycopus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 14. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Lycopus. 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 Apr 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Lycopus. Published online. Accessed: 12 Apr 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Lycopus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Apr 2022.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Зюзнік
čeština: karbinec
dansk: Sværtevæld-slægten
Deutsch: Wolfstrapp
English: Gypsywort, Bugleweed
eesti: Parkhein
suomi: Rantayrtit
français: Lycopus
hrvatski: Vučja noga
hornjoserbsce: Dabrečk
հայերեն: Ճահճաեղինջ
日本語: シロネ属
қазақша: Шытырақ
lietuvių: Vilkakojė
polski: Karbieniec
русский: Зюзник
slovenčina: karbinec
українська: Вовконіг
中文: 地笋属