Polygala comosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Polygalaceae
Tribus: Polygaleae
Genus: Polygala
Species: Polygala comosa
Subspecies: P. c. subsp. alibotusensis – P. c. subsp. comosa – P. c. subsp. provincialis

Name

Polygala comosa Schkuhr, Bot. Handb. 2: 324 (1796).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Polygala vulgaris subsp. comosa (Schkuhr) Čelak., Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 534 (1875).
Heterotypic
- Polygala comosa var. altaica Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2): 453 (1893).
- Polygala angustata Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 89 (1866).
- Polygala hybrida DC., Prodr. 1: 325 (1824).
  - Polygala comosa var. hybrida (DC.) Petelin, Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka 2: 192 (1987).
- Polygala lejeunei Boreau, Fl. Centre France, ed. 2, 1: 71 (1849).
- Polygala mori Brittinger ex Opiz, Naturalientausch 11: 307 (1826).
- Polygala podolica DC., Prodr. 1: 325 (1824).
- Polygala vilhelmii Podp., Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 54: 330 (1904).
- Polygala wolfgangiana Besser ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 1: 271 (1842).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Finland, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia).
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Khabarovsk.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - Xinjiang.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.

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

References

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Polygala comosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 20. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Polygala comosa. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 20. Reference page.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Polygala comosa in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 20.

Vernacular names

čeština: vítod chocholatý
Deutsch: Schopfige Kreuzblume
English: tufted milkwort
suomi: Tupsulinnunruoho
hornjoserbsce: Kopata křižnička
magyar: üstökös pacsirtafű
lietuvių: Skiauterėtoji putokšlė
Nederlands: Kuifvleugeltjesbloem
polski: Krzyżownica czubata
slovenčina: horčinka chochlatá
slovenščina: Čopasta grebenuša
svenska: Toppjungfrulin

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