Antirrhinum majus

Taxonavigation

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

Antirrhinum majus L., 1753

Homotypic
- Antirrhinum majus var. typicum Bég. in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 2: 426 (1902), not validly publ.
- Orontium majus (L.) Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 158 (1806)
- Termontis racemosa Raf. in Autik. Bot.: 158 (1840), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Antirrhinum grandiflorum Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 384 (1812)
- Antirrhinum hendersonii Hend. in Gard. Chron. 1852: 160 (1852)
- Antirrhinum hispanorum Bordère ex Rothm. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 136: 95 (1956)
- Antirrhinum latifolium var. pseudomajus Rouy in Naturaliste 4(2): 181 (1882)
- Antirrhinum latifolium var. purpurascens Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 291 (1846)
- Antirrhinum majus subsp. eumajus P.Fourn. in Quatre Fl. France, ed. 2.: 766 (1946), not validly publ.
- Antirrhinum majus var. hendersonii (Hend.) J.Harrison in Floric. Cab. & Florist's Mag. 20: 217 (1852)
- Antirrhinum majus var. longipedunculatum Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 94 (1867)
- Antirrhinum majus var. peloria Migout in Fl. Allier, ed. 2: 286 (1890)
- Antirrhinum majus var. pseudomajus (Rouy) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 60 (1909)
- Antirrhinum majus striatum T.Moore in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 307 (1860)
- Antirrhinum murale Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 98 (1796)
- Antirrhinum vulgare Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 1: 324 (1897), nom. illeg.
- Orontium majus var. album Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 324 (1821 publ. 1822)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, France, Spain
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bangladesh, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Connecticut, Cuba, Czechia-Slovakia, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Illinois, India, Iowa, Ireland, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Kazakhstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Missouri, Morocco, Netherlands, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Québec, Romania, South European Russia, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Türkey, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

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Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Antirrhinum majus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Antirrhinum majus. Published online. Accessed: July 04 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Antirrhinum majus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 July 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Antirrhinum majus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.