Tofieldia pusilla

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Tofieldiaceae
Genus: Tofieldia
Species: Tofieldia pusilla

Name

Tofieldia pusilla (Michx.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 399 (1805).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Narthecium pusillum Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 209 (1803).
Homotypic
- Abama pusilla (Michx.) Raf., New Fl. 1: 36 (1836).
Heterotypic
- Phalangium minimum Hill, Brit. Herb.: 473 (1756), opus utiq. oppr.
  - Tofieldia minima (Hill) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 439 (1913 publ. 1914).
- Anthericum calyculatum Pall., Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 33 (1776), nom. illeg.
- Narthecium boreale Wahlenb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 1805: 124 (1805).
  - Tofieldia borealis (Wahlenb.) Wahlenb., Fl. Lapp.: 89 (1812).
- Tofieldia alpina Hoppe & Sternb., Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 1: 152 (1815), nom. illeg.
- Tofieldia capitata Hoppe, Flora 3: 314 (1820).
  - Tofieldia palustris var. capitata (Hoppe) Hoppe, Flora 4: 189 (1821).
  - Tofieldia calyculata var. capitata (Hoppe) Wimm. & Grab., Fl. Siles. 1: 352 (1827).
  - Tofieldia calyculata subsp. capitata (Hoppe) Schübl. & G.Martens, Fl. Würtemberg: 236 (1834).
  - Tofieldia calyculata subvar. capitata (Hoppe) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 745 (1882).
  - Tofieldia calyculata subsp. capitata (Hoppe) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 187 (1890).
  - Tofieldia calyculata f. capitata (Hoppe) Vollm., Fl. Bayern: 141 (1914).
- Isidrogalvia borealis Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 839 (1821), nom. inval.
- Tofieldia capitata Raf., Autik. Bot.: 65 (1840). nom. illeg.
Misapplied names
- Tofieldia pusilla subsp. austriaca auct. non Kunz, Phyton (Horn) 9: 138. 1961 (= Tofieldia × hybrida; see Gutermann in Fischer et al., Exkursionsfl. Oesterr.: 1016 (2005)).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy, Yugoslavia (doubtful)
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - East European Russia, North European Russia.
Continental: Africa
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Buryatiya, Chita, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, Newfoundland, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Montana.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Minnesota.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Michigan.

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

References

Additional references

Fischer, M.A., Oswald, K. & Adler, W. 2008. Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol. 3rd ed., Land Oberösterreich, Biologiezentrum der Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseen, Linz. ISBN 978-3-85474-187-9. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Tofieldia pusilla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Tofieldia pusilla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Tofieldia pusilla. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Tofieldia pusilla. Accessed: 21 May 2023.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Tofieldia pusilla in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 21.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tofieldia pusilla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kleine Simsenlilie
English: Scottish Asphodel
suomi: Pohjankarhunruoho, karhunruoho
hornjoserbsce: Bahnowa syćinka
norsk nynorsk: Bjønnbrodd
русский: Тофильдия маленькая
svenska: Björnbrodd

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