Apiaceae

Ligusticum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 250 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to N. Mexico.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Aleutian Is., Arizona, Arkansas, Baleares, British Columbia, California, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Denmark, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Indiana, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, South Carolina, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Tibet, Utah, Uzbekistan, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wyoming, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Finland

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Candolle, A.L.P.P., de [s.n.] France K000695871 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002741299 Yes
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 546] India K001111240 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 549] Nepal K001111245 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 550] Nepal K001111246 Type Yes
Nyárády, E.J. [s.n.] Romania K002741297 Yes
Grebenchikoff, O. [s.n.] Greece K002741478 Yes
Candolle, A.L.P.P., de [s.n.] France K000695870 Unknown Type Material Yes
Caetz, L. [s.n.] Hungary K002741298 Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • 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