Amaryllidaceae

Leucojum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 289 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Europe to N. Iran, NE. Algeria.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Denmark, Finland, Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Illinois, Indiana, Ireland, Japan, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Sweden, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
de Marsilly [s.n.] France K000464001 Type Yes
Gattefossé, J. [s.n.] Morocco K000480348 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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