- Family:
- Asparagaceae Juss.
Polygonatum Mill.

Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, 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, Ireland, 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 Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
New Zealand South
- Polygonatum acuminatifolium Kom.
- Polygonatum adnatum S.Yun Liang
- Polygonatum amabile Yatabe
- Polygonatum angelicum Floden
- Polygonatum annamense Floden
- Polygonatum arisanense Hayata
- Polygonatum autumnale Floden
- Polygonatum × azegamii (Ohwi) M.N.Tamura
- Polygonatum biflorum (Walter) Elliott
- Polygonatum brevistylum Baker
- Polygonatum × buschianum Tzvelev
- Polygonatum campanulatum G.W.Hu
- Polygonatum cathcartii Baker
- Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.) Royle
- Polygonatum costatum Floden
- Polygonatum cryptanthum H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Polygonatum curvistylum Hua
- Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua
- Polygonatum daminense H.J.Yang & D.F.Cui
- Polygonatum × desoulavyi Kom.
- Polygonatum × domonense Satake
- Polygonatum falcatum A.Gray
- Polygonatum filipes Merr. ex C.Jeffrey & McEwan
- Polygonatum franchetii Hua
- Polygonatum geminiflorum Decne.
- Polygonatum glaberrimum K.Koch
- Polygonatum gongshanense L.H.Zhao & X.J.He
- Polygonatum govanianum Royle
- Polygonatum graminifolium Hook.
- Polygonatum grandicaule Y.S.Kim, B.U.Oh & C.G.Jang
- Polygonatum griffithii Baker
- Polygonatum hirtellum Hand.-Mazz.
- Polygonatum hookeri Baker
- Polygonatum humile Fisch. ex Maxim.
- Polygonatum × hybridum Brügger
- Polygonatum inflatum Kom.
- Polygonatum infundiflorum Y.S.Kim, B.U.Oh & C.G.Jang
- Polygonatum involucratum (Franch. & Sav.) Maxim.
- Polygonatum jinzhaiense D.C.Zhang & J.Z.Shao
- Polygonatum kingianum Collett & Hemsl.
- Polygonatum × krylovii (Ameljcz. & Malachova) A.L.Ebel
- Polygonatum lasianthum Maxim.
- Polygonatum latifolium (Jacq.) Desf.
- Polygonatum leiboense S.C.Chen & D.Q.Liu
- Polygonatum longistylum Y.Wan ex C.Z.Gao
- Polygonatum luteoverrucosum Floden
- Polygonatum macranthum (Maxim.) Koidz.
- Polygonatum macropodum Turcz.
- Polygonatum megaphyllum P.Y.Li
- Polygonatum mengtzense F.T.Wang & Tang
- Polygonatum multiflorum (L.) All.
- Polygonatum nervulosum Baker
- Polygonatum nodosum Hua
- Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce
- Polygonatum omeiense Z.Y.Zhu
- Polygonatum oppositifolium (Wall.) Royle
- Polygonatum orientale Desf.
- Polygonatum prattii Baker
- Polygonatum × pseudopolyanthemum Miscz. ex Grossh.
- Polygonatum pubescens (Willd.) Pursh
- Polygonatum punctatum Royle ex Kunth
- Polygonatum qinghaiense Z.L.Wu & Y.C.Yang
- Polygonatum robustum (Korsh.) Nakai
- Polygonatum roseum (Ledeb.) Kunth
- Polygonatum sewerzowii Regel
- Polygonatum sibiricum Redouté
- Polygonatum singalilense H.Hara
- Polygonatum sparsifolium F.T.Wang & Tang
- Polygonatum stenophyllum Maxim.
- Polygonatum stewartianum Diels
- Polygonatum × tamaense H.Hara
- Polygonatum tessellatum F.T.Wang & Tang
- Polygonatum tsinlingense Tsui
- Polygonatum undulatifolium Floden
- Polygonatum urceolatum (J.M.H.Shaw) Floden
- Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All.
- Polygonatum wardii F.T.Wang & Tang
- Polygonatum yunnanense H.Lév.
- Polygonatum zanlanscianense Pamp.
- Polygonatum zhejiangensis X.J.Xue & H.Yao
Polygonatum Mill. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0