Menyanthes

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Menyanthaceae
Genus: Menyanthes
Species: M. trifoliata

Name

Menyanthes L., Sp. Pl.: 145 (1753).

Type species: Menyanthes trifoliata L.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Menanthos St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 43 (1880), orth. var.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania (doubtfully present), Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Morocco.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutskiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Nepal, West Himalaya.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Delaware (extinct), Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia.

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: 145. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Menyanthes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 09. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Menyanthes. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Menyanthes. Published online. Accessed: February 09 2024.
Tropicos.org 2024. Menyanthes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 February 2024.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Suyoncası
čeština: vachta
dansk: Bukkeblad
suomi: Raatteet
русский: Вахта
slovenčina: vachta

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