Orobanchaceae
Euphrasia

Euphrasia officinalis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 604 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Finland to W. Siberia and Türkiye. It is a hemiparasitic annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Spain

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Ukraine, West Siberia

Introduced into:

Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Falkland Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Ortiz, A.V. & al. (2021). Taxonomic revision of Euphrasia (Orobanchaceae) in South America. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 106: 392-423. MBG press.
  • Peregrym, O.M. (2010). A taxonomic overview of the genus Euphrasia L. (Orobanchaceae) in Ukraine. Ukrayins'kyi Botanicnyi Zhurnal 67: 248-260.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
  • Ortiz, A.V. & al. (2021). Taxonomic revision of Euphrasia (Orobanchaceae) in South America. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 106: 392-423. MBG press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • EBC Common Names

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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