Boraginaceae

Phacelia Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl.: 129 (1789)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is N. America to Guatemala, Peru to S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bolivia, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Guatemala, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Introduced into:

Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Morocco, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Yakutiya

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?
Apr 30, 2014 Culbertson, J.D. [4415] United States K000662535 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Ortuno [202] Bolivia K000323779 No
Jan 1, 1963 Nelson, A. [8053] United States K001070984 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Coulter, T. [493] United States K001070935 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Coulter, T. [492] United States K001070937 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1954 s.coll. [s.n.] United States K001070936 Type Yes
Palmer, E. [2] United States K001096035 Unknown Type Material Yes
Howell, J.T. [4226] United States K001096049 Type Yes
Cleveland [s.n.] United States K001070989 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nelson, A.; Nelson, R.A. [1363] United States K001096050 Type Yes
Pringle, C.G. [255] Mexico K000744978 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K001070980 Unknown Type Material Yes
Palmer, E. [18] Mexico K000744979 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K001070981 Unknown Type Material Yes
Geyer, C.A. [93] United States K001070979 Unknown Type Material Yes
Palmer, E. [s.n.] United States K001070977 Unknown Type Material Yes
Parry, C.C. [183] United States K001096036 Unknown Type Material Yes
Palmer, E, [592] Mexico K000744974 No
Davidson, A. [s.n.] United States K001096017 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