Swertia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 226 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Subarctic & Subalpine Northern Hemisphere to Old World Tropical Mountains.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Angola, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Czechia-Slovakia, DR Congo, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Idaho, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Manchuria, Mongolia, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nevada, New Guinea, New Mexico, Nigeria, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Oregon, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ho T.-N. & Liu S.-W. (2015). A Worldwide Monograph of Swertia and Its Allies: 1-430. Science Press, Beijing.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 4, 1: 570.

Flora of Iraq

  • Linnaeus Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 107 (1754)
  • Linnaeus Sp. Pl., ed. 1, 226 (1753);

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sp. Pl.: 226 (1753).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • G.P. 2: 816 (1876)
  • Gilg in E. & P.Pf. 4 (2): 87 (1895)
  • Pissjauk. in Nov. Sist. Vysh. Rast. 15: 629 (1979)
  • Sileshi in K.B. 53: 419–436 (1998)
  • Sp. Pl., ed. 1: 226 (1753)

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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