Mitella Saxifragales

Mitella pentandra

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Saxifragaceae
Tribus: Heuchereae
Genus: Mitella
Species: M. diphylla – M. nuda
Nothospecies: M. x inamii – M. x intermedia

Name

Mitella L., Sp. Pl. 1: 406 (1753); Gen Pl., ed. 5: 190 (1754). [ emend. Folk et al. (2021)]

• Lectotype species: Mitella diphylla L. (designated by Rydberg, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 91 (18 Dec 1905), supported by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 154 (Aug 1929))

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutskiya. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye. Regional: China Inner Mongolia, Manchuria. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Alaska, 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. Idaho, Montana, Washington. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. 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: 406. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 190. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Folk, R.A., Stubbs, R. L., Engle-Wrye, N.J., Soltis, D.E. & Okuyama, Y. 2021. Biogeography and habitat evolution of Saxifragaceae, with a revision of generic limits and a new tribal system. Taxon 70(2): 263–285. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12450 Reference page. 
• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Mitella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sep 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Mitella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Sep 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Mitella. Published online. Accessed: 13 Sep 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Mitella). Mitella Saxifragales. Accessed: 13 Sep 2023.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Mitella in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 Aug 31.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mitella Saxifragales in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Miterworts, Bishop's Caps
suomi: Mitrakukat
日本語: チャルメルソウ属

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