Myosotis alpestris

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cynoglossoideae
Tribus: Myosotideae
Genus: Myosotis
Species: Myosotis alpestris
Subspecies: M. a. subsp. alpestris – M. a. subsp. mrkvickana – M. a. subsp. pyrenaeorum – M. a. subsp. suaveolens

Name

Myosotis alpestris F.W.Schmidt, Fl. Boëm. 3: 26 (1794).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Myosotis sylvatica [rankless] alpestris (F.W.Schmidt) Brügger, Naturg. Beitr. Chur 77 (1874).
- Myosotis sylvatica subsp. alpestris (F.W.Schmidt) Schübl. & G.Martens, Fl. Würtemberg (ed. 1) 124 (1834).
- Myosotis sylvatica subsp. alpestris (F.W.Schmidt) Gams in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 2168 (1927), comb. superfl.
- Myosotis sylvatica var. alpestris (F.W.Schmidt) Pohl, Tent. Fl. Bohem. 1: 176 (1809).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Central European Russia (introduced), Ukraine.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iraq, Turkey.

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

References

Primary references

Schmidt, F.W. 1794. Flora Boëmica inchoata, exhibens plantarum regni Boëmiae indigenarum species. Centuria iii. 112 pp. Pragae: I.G. Calvae. BHL Reference page. : 26.

Additional references

Chu, G.L., Riedl, H.U. & Kamelin, R.V. 1995. Myosotis alpestris. Pp. 361 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 16: Gentianaceae through Boraginaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-33-9. efloras PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Myosotis alpestris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Myosotis alpestris. Published online. Accessed: January 26 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Myosotis alpestris. Accessed: 26 January 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Myosotis alpestris. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 26. Reference page.

Vernacular names

čeština: Pomněnka alpská
Deutsch: Alpen-Vergissmeinnicht
English: Alpine Forget-me-not
eesti: Aed-lõosilm
suomi: Alppilemmikki
français: Myosotis des Alpes
magyar: Havasi nefelejcs
日本語: ノハラワスレナグサ
Nederlands: Alpenvergeet-mij-nietje
polski: Niezapominajka alpejska
русский: Незабудка альпийская
slovenčina: Nezábudka alpínska
svenska: Alpförgätmigej

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