Rutaceae

Ruta L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 383 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, Medit.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe

Introduced into:

Alberta, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Austria, Belgium, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile North, Connecticut, Cuba, Czechia-Slovakia, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hungary, Illinois, Juan Fernández Is., Leeward Is., Manitoba, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oman, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, South European Russia, Switzerland, Texas, Ukraine, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0