Asparagaceae

Polygonatum Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Connecticut, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya

Introduced into:

Ireland, New Zealand South

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Axillaria Raf. in Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 266 (1818), nom. superfl.

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?
Sachdeva, S.K. [I] Pakistan K002860240 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [21028] Laos K002860375 No
Simmons; Erskine; Howick; McNamara [SICH594] China K002860005 No
Barclay, C.; Synge, P.M. [2266] Nepal K002860359 No
Woloszczak, E. [s.n.] K002869616 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [21028] Laos K002860374 No
s.coll. [402] Pakistan K002860245 No
Winterbottom, J.E. [418] Pakistan K002860253 No
Aitchison, J.E.T. [809] Afghanistan K002869620 No
Barclay, C.; Synge, P.M. [2467] Nepal K002860358 No
Houska, J. [s.n.] North Macedonia K002869605 No
Keke; Crawford, S.; Grey-Wilson, C.; Long, D. [738] Nepal K002860331 No
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P. [1086] Thailand K002860372 No
Stewart, R.R. [s.n.] Pakistan K002860251 No
Kermode, C.W.D. [17270] Burma K002860355 No
Fang, W.P. [4414] China K002860004 No
Deane, H. [s.n.] India K002860248 No
Stewart, R.R. [22218] Pakistan K002860243 No
Grey-Wilson, C.; Taylor, N. [4381] Nepal K002860361 No
Grey-Wilson, C.; Taylor, N. [4381] Nepal K002860360 No
{Lady J. M. Legge} [s.n.] India K002860352 No
s.coll. [s.n.] China K000820976 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bunchuai, K. [1458] Thailand K002860373 No
Henry, A. [9655c] China K002860353 No
s.coll. [4726] K002860376 No
Kirkham; Adams, C.; Howick; McNamara [EHOK51] Japan K002860085 No
Crawford, S.; Grey-Wilson, C.; Long, D.; McBeath, R. [Keke486] Nepal K002860362 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002869606 No
Cavalerie, J. [2911] China K002860012 No
Bygrave, P. [108] Thailand K002860371 No
Wilson, E.H. [4668] China K002860074 No
Wilson, E.H. [4668] China K002860073 No
Brown, A.R.; Rothera, M.A. [122] India K002860241 No
s.coll. [402] Pakistan K002860246 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002869503 No
Nisa, S.; et al; Aedo, C.; Aizpuru, I.; Aldasoro, J.J.; Castroviejo, S.; Gilmes, J.; Herrero, A.; Muñoz Garmendia, J.F.; Pedrol, J.; Prunell, A.; Rico, E.; Santos, A.; Valcarcel, V. [720] Türkiye K001905342 No
Bohnhof, M.H. [236] China K002869836 No
Halliwell, B. [s.n.] Nepal K002860357 No
Kermode, C.W.D. [17077] Burma K002860354 No
Keke [738] Nepal K002860332 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Brummitt, H. [6197] Italy K002869603 No
s.coll. [36] Switzerland K002869607 No
Wilson [1082] K002860013 No
Thomson, T. [140] Pakistan K002860249 No
Drummond, J.R. [14154] India K002860242 No
Griffith [5848] India K001045018 No
Nguyen, V.D.; Vu Xuan Phong; Nguyen, T.C.; Bui, H.Q. [HNK-1494] Vietnam K002860378 No
Fayvush, G.; Tamanyan, K.; Oganesyan, M.; Ter-Voskanyan, H.; Staudinger, S.; Staudinger, M.; Vitek, E. [05-0865] Armenia K002869618 No
Cavalerie, J. [7518] China K002860011 No
Kermode, C.W.D. [17339] Burma K002860356 No
Nguyen, V.D.; Vu Xuan Phong; Nguyen, T.C.; Bui, H.Q. [HNK-1494] Vietnam K002860377 No
Kingdon Ward, F. [6337] India K001045021 No
Barchet [726] China K002860086 No
Furse, P.; Synge, P.M. [142] Türkiye K002869619 No
Rothera, A.R.B.; Rothera, M.A. [122] India K002860244 No
Callier, A. [261] K002869615 No
s.coll. [s.n.] China K000820977 Isotype Yes
Leon, C.J., Lin Y-L & Ye S-Q [TCMK 0392] China K001873727 No
Thomson, T. [s.n.] Pakistan K002860250 No
Koca, A.D. [1137] Türkiye K002869617 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002860445 No
Davis [33580] K002869604 No
Davis [33448] K002869608 No
Duthie, J.F.; Inayat [20223] Pakistan K002860247 No
Winterbottom, J.E. [442] Pakistan K002860252 No

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