Circaea alpina

Circaea alpina
Circaea alpina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Onagraceae
Subfamilia: Onagroideae
Tribus: Circaeeae
Genus: Circaea
Species: Circaea alpina
Subspecies: C. a. subsp. alpina – C. a. subsp. angustifolia – C. a. subsp. caulescens – C. a. subsp. imaicola – C. a. subsp. micrantha – C. a. subsp. pacifica

Name

Circaea alpina L. (1753)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Circaea lutetiana proles alpina (L.) H.Lév. in Bull. Géogr. Bot. 22: 220 (1912)
    • Circaea lutetiana subsp. alpina (L.) H.Lév. in Monde Pl. Rev. Mens. Bot. 7: 71 (1898)
    • Circaea lutetiana var. alpina (L.) Torr. in Rep. Bot. Dept. Surv. N.Y. Assembly 50: 136 (1841)
    • Circaea racemosa var. alpina (L.) Hill in Brit. Fl.: 7 (1799), nom. superfl.
    • Ocimastrum minimum Rupr. in Fl. Ingrica: 367 (1860), nom. superfl.
    • Regmus alpinus (L.) Dulac in Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 328 (1867)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolitan
    • Regional: Temp. Northern Hemisphere
      • Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Utah, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • čeština: čarovník prostřední
  • Cymraeg: llysiau-Steffan y mynydd
  • Deutsch: Alpen-Hexenkraut, Kleines Hexenkraut, Gebirgs-Hexenkraut, Alpenhexenkraut, Gebirgshexenkraut
  • English: enchanter's nightshade, small enchanter's nightshade, Alpine enchanter’s-nightshade
  • eesti: Harilik nõiakold, Nõiakold
  • suomi: Pikkuvelholehti, velholehti
  • français: Circée des Alpes
  • hornjoserbsce: Mała kuzłarnička
  • 日本語: ミヤマタニタデ
  • norsk bokmål: Trollurt
  • Nederlands: Alpenheksenkruid
  • polski: Czartawa drobna
  • slovenčina: čarovník alpínsky
  • svenska: Dvärghäxört
  • Tiếng Việt: Quái quả núi cao
  • 中文: 高山露珠草
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