Paris

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Melanthiaceae
Tribus: Parideae
Genus: Paris
Species: P. axialis – P. bashanensis – P. birmanica – P. caobangensis – P. caojianensis – P. chinensis – P. cronquistii – P. daliensis – P. delavayi – P. dulongensis – P. dunniana – P. fargesii – P. forrestii – P. guizhouensis – P. incompleta – P. japonica – P. lancifolia – P. lihengiana – P. luquanensis – P. mairei – P. marmorata – P. nitida – P. polyandra – P. polyphylla – P. qiliangiana – P. quadrifolia – P. rugosa – P. stigmatosa – P. tengchongensis – P. tetraphylla – P. thibetica – P. undulata – P. vaniotii – P. variabilis – P. verticillata – P. vietnamensis

Name

Paris L., Sp. Pl. 1: 367 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed 5: 172 (1754).

Type species: Paris quadrifolia L. (by monotypy)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Alopicarpus Neck., Elem. Bot. 2: 369 (1790), opus utiq. oppr.
- Cartalinia Szov. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 119 (1850).
- Daiswa Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 18 (1838).
- Demidovia Hoffm., Hort. Mosq. 2 (1808), nom. illeg. non Pall. (1781).
- Euthyra Salisb., Gen. Pl. 61 (1866).
- Kinugasa Tatew. & Suto, Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 34 (1935).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - 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: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Amur, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

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: 367. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 172. Reference page.

Additional references

Ji, Y.H., Fritsch, P.W., Li, H., Xiao, T. & Zhou, Z.K. 2006. Phylogeny and Classification of Paris (Melanthiaceae) Inferred from DNA Sequence Data. Annals of Botany 98(1): 245–256. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl095 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Paris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 18. Reference page.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Paris in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2020 May 18.

Vernacular names

башҡортса: Ҡарға күҙе
kaszëbsczi: Mòtelnik
čeština: vraní oko
dansk: Firblad
Deutsch: Einbeeren
suomi: Sudenmarjat
hornjoserbsce: Štwórica
հայերեն: Ագռավաչք
日本語: ツクバネソウ属
қазақша: Қарғакөз
lietuvių: Vilkauogė
эрзянь: Варакань сельме
norsk bokmål: Firbladslekta, firbladslekten
norsk nynorsk: Firbladslekta
polski: Czworolist
русский: Вороний глаз
slovenčina: vranovec, vranie oko
svenska: Ormbärssläktet
Tiếng Việt: Chi Trọng lâu
中文: 重楼属

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