Araceae
Dracunculus

Dracunculus vulgaris Schott

First published in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 17 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Central Europe to W. & SW. Türkiye, NE. Algeria. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Corse, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sardegna, Sicilia, Turkey, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

France, Great Britain, Portugal

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

CATE Araceae

  • Boyce, P.C. 1994. The genera Dracunculus and Helicodiceros (Araceae: Aroideae). Thaiszia. 4: 175-182.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 11, 1964 Redhead, E.M. K000499437 Yes
Jun 11, 1964 Redhead, E.M. K000499438 Yes
25760.000 No
Boyce, P. [19], Greece 49822.000 No
Boyce, P. [19], Greece 51381.000 No
54019.000 No
Turkey 54137.000 No
Atchley, S.C. [s.n.], Greece K000480396 No
s.coll. [s.n.], Greece K000480397 No
Ingoldby, C.M. [586], Turkey K000480402 No
Price, W.R. [1092], Turkey K000480405 No
Ascherson, P. [813], Turkey K000480406 No
Tedd, H.G. [1372], Greece K000480394 No
Atchley, S.C. [642], Greece K000480389 No
Stainton, J.D.A. [7504], Greece K000480377 No
Stainton, J.D.A. [7504], Greece K000480378 No
Lieber [s.n.], Kriti K000480386 Yes
Harris, G.W. [257], Greece K000480379 No
Tedd, H.G. [1372], Greece K000480395 No
Atchley, S.C. [1393], Greece K000480387 No
s.coll. [s.n.], Greece K000480400 No
Bornmüller, J. [10030], Turkey K000480403 No
Atchley, S.C. [642], Greece K000480392 No
Bornmüller, J. [10030], Turkey K000480404 No
Platt, J.W.O. [215], Greece K000480380 No
Atchley, S.C. [642], Greece K000480388 No
Heldreich [s.n.], Greece K000480399 No
s.coll. [s.n.], Greece K000480398 No
Brummit, R.K. [s.n.] 76579.000 No
Tedd, H.G. [1372], Greece K000480393 No
Aug 27, 1986 Reverchon, E. [171], Greece Dracunculus creticus K000480382 No
Aug 27, 1986 Reverchon, E. [171], Greece Dracunculus creticus K000480384 No
Aug 27, 1986 Reverchon, E. [171], Greece Dracunculus creticus K000480385 No

Sources

  • CATE Araceae

    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images