Eriophorum

Eriophorum vaginatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Scirpeae
Genus:
Species: E. angustifolium – E. arcticum – E. brachyantherum – E. callitrix – E. chamissonis – E. gracile – E. humile – E. latifolium – E. scheuchzeri – E. tenellum – E. tolmatchevii – E. transiens – E. triste – E. vaginatum – E. virginicum – E. viridicarinatum

Nothospecies: E. × beringianum – E. × churchillianum – E. × fellowsii – E. × gracilifolium – E. × medium – E. × polystachiovaginatum – E. × pylaieanum – E. × rousseauianum

Name

Eriophorum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 52 (1753)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Linagrostis Guett., Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. Mém. Math. Phys. (Paris, 4to) 1750: 187 (1754)
    • Plumaria Heist. ex Fabr., Enum.: 207 (1759)
    • Leucoma Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 146 (1789)
    • Eriophoropsis Palla, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 54: 151 (1896)
    • Plumaria Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 195 (1902)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolitan
    • Regional: Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere
      • Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkey, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon

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

References

Primary references

  • Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 52.

Vernacular names

  • беларуская: Падвей
  • Deutsch: Wollgräser
  • English: Cotton Grass
  • eesti: Villpea
  • suomi: Suovillat
  • Nederlands: Wollegras
  • svenska: Ullsläktet