Prenanthes

Prenanthes purpurea

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: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Lactucinae
Genus: Prenanthes
Species: P. hookeri – P. mira – P. nothae – P. petiolata – P. purpurea – P. steenisii – P. stenolimba – P. subpeltata – P. sumatrana

Name

Prenanthes L., Sp. Pl. 2: 797. (1753)

• Type species: Prenanthes purpurea L., Sp. Pl. 2: 797. (1753)
  

Note: According to the Cichorieae Portal (2018) and Kilian et al. (2017) only the type species belongs here. The other species have been allocated to other genera including; Nabalus s.l., Cicerbita, Lactuca, Notoseris, Melanoseris and Erythroseris (Kilian et al. 2017) except the above which are comb. ined. or yet to be analysed for synonymy .

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Norway. Middle Europe Austria (Austria, Liechtenstein), Belgium (Luxembourg), Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Spain (Andorra, Spain). Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia (Bosnia & Hercegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia). Eastern Europe Ukraine. Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. East Tropical Africa Kenya. Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan. Western Asia Turkey. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya. Indo-China Myanmar. Malesia Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 797. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Güzel, M.E., Kilian, N., Sennikov, A.N., Coşkunçelebi, K., Makbul, S. & Gültepe, M. 2022. Caucasoseris, a new genus of subtribe Chondrillinae (Asteraceae: Cichorieae) for the enigmatic Prenanthes abietina. Willdenowia 52(1): 103-115. DOI: 10.3372/wi.52.52107 Reference page. 
• Kilian, N., Sennikov, A.N., Wang, Z.H., Gemeinholzer, B. & Zhang, J.W. 2017. Sub-Paratethyan origin and Middle to Late Miocene principal diversification of the Lactucinae (Compositae: Cichorieae) inferred from molecular phylogenetics, divergence-dating and biogeographic analysis. Taxon 66(3): 675–703. DOI: 10.12705/663.9 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Wang, Z.H., Peng, H. & Kilian, N. 2013. Molecular phylogeny of the Lactuca alliance (Cichorieae subtribe Lactucinae, Asteraceae) with focus on their Chinese centre of diversity detects potential events of reticulation and chloroplast capture. PloS one 8(12): p.e82692. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082692 Reference page. 

Links

• Cichorieae Portal (2009-). International Cichorieae Network. 2018 June 25 Prenanthes.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Prenanthes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr. 4. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Prenanthes. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 JUly 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Prenanthes. Published online. Accessed: June 30 2018.

Vernacular names

čeština: věsenka
English: Rattlesnakeroot
suomi: Nauhahuiskut
日本語: フクオウソウ属
polski: Przenęt
русский: Косогорник
slovenčina: srnovník
svenska: Rödsallater
中文: 盘果菊属

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