Melanthiaceae

Paris L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 367 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia to Indo-China.

Distribution

Native to:

Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Laos, Manchuria, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkey, Ukraine, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya

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.
  • Ji, Y. (2021). A monograph of Paris (Melanthiaceae): 1-203. Science press Beijing.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Shearer] [s.n.] China K002777367 Yes
Hla, T.; Chikkoko [370] Burma K002777373 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002777374 Yes
Gratz [s.n.] K002777255 Yes
Forrest, G. [7769] China K002777366 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002777240 Yes
Martindale, G.E. [159] United Kingdom K002777244 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001737719 Yes
Helsby, I.; Britton, C.E. [1885] United Kingdom K002777256 Yes
Kingdon-Ward, F. [6880] K002777375 Yes
Britton, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002777246 Yes
Maughan, R. [s.n.] K002777237 Yes
[W J D] [s.n.] K002777241 Yes
Leon, C.J; Lin, Y-L. [TCMK 0645] China K001873785 No
Cajo, M. [372] K002777235 Yes
[Lisp] Barrow [s.n.] K002777253 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [4510] China K002777370 Yes
Horwood, A.R. [1525] United Kingdom K002777242 Yes
Martindale, G.E. [160] United Kingdom K002777243 Yes
Makins, F.K. [1885] United Kingdom K002777251 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] China K002777368 Yes
Britton, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002777245 Yes
Pin, C. [s.n.] France K002777250 Yes
Nelmes, E. [736] United Kingdom K002777248 Yes
Watanabe, K. [s.n.] Japan K002777595 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002777386 Yes
W.L.N. [s.n.] K002777236 Yes
Bygrave, P. [107] Thailand K002777615 Yes
Schock, O. [s.n.] China K002777369 Yes
Takeda, H. [s.n.] Japan K002777597 Yes
Schneider, C. [1026] China K002777372 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [3652] China K000844372 Unknown Type Material Yes
Alexander Prior, R.C. [s.n.] K002777254 Yes
Schneider, C. [1262] China K002777371 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002777239 Yes
Foster (Lady) [1105] United Kingdom K002777257 Yes
Fukuoka, N.; Kurosaki, N.; Kojima, I. [103] Japan K002777596 Yes
Weiker, M. [s.n.] K002777234 Yes
Thompson, H.P. [225] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002777238 Yes
Bonnet [s.n.] France K002777249 Yes
Leon, C.J. & Lin, Y-L. [TCMK 0647] China K001873784 No
Britton, C.E.; Robinson, F. [[1632]] United Kingdom K002777247 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002777252 Yes
Salisbury, E.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002777258 Yes
Ludlow, F.; Sherriff, G. [13564] China Daiswa K000844377 Unknown Type Material 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