Araceae
Lysichiton

Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H.St.John

First published in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 25: 455 (1931 publ. 1932)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Alaska to W. U.S.A. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington

Introduced into:

Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bochumer Botanischer Verein (2023). Beiträge zur Flora Nordhein-Westfalens aus dem Jahr 2022. Jahrbuch des Bochumer Botanischen Vereins 14: 167-231.
  • 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.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

CATE Araceae

  • Webb, D.A. Lysichiton. Flora Europaea 5, 271 (1980).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bochumer Botanischer Verein (2023). Beiträge zur Flora Nordhein-Westfalens aus dem Jahr 2022. Jahrbuch des Bochumer Botanischen Vereins 14: 167-231.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rosendahl, C.O. [825] Canada K002467277 Yes
Sandberg, J.H.; MacDougal, D.T.; Heller, A.A. [722] United States K002467300 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [88/2] United Kingdom K002467250 Yes
Gorman, M.W. [7] United States K002467303 Yes
s.coll. [H1532/61] K002467322 Yes
Ebort, R.G.; Chief Surgeon, M.C. [s.n.] Canada K002467283 Yes
Rutter, C. [113] United States K002467286 Yes
s.coll. [H 1532/61] K002467324 Yes
Lyall, D. [49] United States K002467291 Yes
Warren, E.M. [s.n.] Canada K002467276 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002467327 Yes
Taylor; Collins, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002467247 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [327] United States K002467289 Yes
s.coll. [H1532/61] K002467326 Yes
s.coll. [H 1532/61] K002467321 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002467332 Yes
s.coll. [H1523/61] K002467320 Yes
K:SPC-34578.000 No
Lyall, D. [49] United States K002467292 Yes
Scoular [7] K002467288 Yes
MJC [MJC049] United Kingdom K002467251 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [88/2] United Kingdom K002467248 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [327] K002467287 Yes
Sandberg, J.H.; Leiberg, J.B. [642] United States K002467298 Yes
Townsend [87/127] United Kingdom K:SPC-51789.000 No
Allen, D.O. [210] K002467301 Yes
Taylor; Collins, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002467246 Yes
s.coll. [1301] K002467319 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002467330 Yes
s.coll. [1301] K002467318 Yes
Grant, J.M. [s.n.] United States K002467304 Yes
Lamb, F. [1031] United States K002467299 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [3264] United States K002467285 Yes
Macoun (Prof.) [1424] Canada K002467279 Yes
K:SPC-29047.078 No
K:SPC-29047.764 No
Lousley, J.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002467244 Yes
s.coll. [2213] K002467296 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Savile, D.B.O.; Taylor, R.L. [21696] Canada K002467282 Yes
Lyall, D. [49] United States K002467294 Yes
s.coll. [13-01] K002467317 Yes
[Gaudrin]; [Sowle [s.n.] Canada K002467280 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002467328 Yes
[L. Crowter] [H521] United Kingdom K002467243 Yes
Macoun, J. [7377] Canada K002467278 Yes
s.coll. [H1532/61] K002467323 Yes
Allen, O.D. [210] United States K002467302 Yes
Whiting, M.M.; Stewart, K.J. [374] Canada K002467284 Yes
Marchans, C. [65520] K002467335 Yes
Lobb, W. [318] K002467290 Yes
Ewan, J.A. [10485] United States K002467295 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [88/2] United Kingdom K002467249 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002467329 Yes
Lucas, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002467245 Yes
s.coll. [H 1532/61] K002467325 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002467331 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States K002467293 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] Canada K002467281 Yes
Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K002467297 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002467252 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images