Asteraceae

Matricaria L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 890 (1753), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical Northern Hemisphere.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Gulf States, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon

Introduced into:

Alabama, Amur, Assam, Baltic States, Bolivia, Chatham Is., Colombia, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Føroyar, Great Britain, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Leeward Is., Magadan, Mali, Mexico Southeast, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, North European Russia, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Primorye, Sakhalin, South Australia, South Georgia, Tasmania, Uruguay, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of Iraq

  • Applequist, W. L. (2003). A reassessment of the nomenclature of Matricaria L. and Tripleurospermum Sch.Bip. (Asteraceae). Taxon 51: 757–761.
  • J. R. Edmondson (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing
  • L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: (1754)
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 890 (1753)
  • Oberprielor, Vogt & Watson in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 368 [2006] (2007)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1972 Douglas, D. [50] United States K000928489 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1972 Douglas, D. [50] United States K000928485 Syntype Yes
Mar 1, 1972 Chamisso, L.A.v. [s.n.] United States K000928495 Syntype Yes
Mar 1, 1972 Scouler, J. [s.n.] United States K000928491 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1972 Turez [s.n.] K000928492 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1972 Engelmann [s.n.] K000928494 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1972 s.coll. [368] K000928493 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [82] Egypt K002337948 Yes
Hennipman, E.; Nijhoff, P.; Swennen, C.; Tulp, A.S.; Vader, W.J.M.; De WIlde, W.J.J. [984] Türkiye K002338158 Yes
Sprague; Marquand [s.n.] United Kingdom K002337755 Yes
Hartweg, K.T. [1800] United States K000928490 Unknown Type Material Yes
Karelin, G.S.; Kiriloff, I.P. [s.n.] K002338220 Yes
Stainton; Henderson [5391] Türkiye K002338175 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [4180] Oman K002338166 Yes
Schlechter, R. [2067] South Africa K002338314 Yes
Law, Y.W. [470] China K002338228 Yes
Muschler, R. [s.n.] Egypt K002337944 Yes
Tobey, C. [924] Türkiye K002338171 Yes
Salter, T.M. [6707] South Africa K002338318 Yes
Pierson, E. [5] Afghanistan K002338160 Yes
Bigelow, J.M. [s.n.] United States K001738680 Yes
Hennipman, E.; Nijhoff, P.; Swennen, C.; Tulp, A.S.; Vader, W.J.M.; De Wilde, W.J.J. [1298] Türkiye K002338159 Yes
Muschler, R. [s.n.] Egypt K002337953 Yes
{Schrenk} [s.n.] Kazakhstan K002338218 Yes
Palmer, C.R. [25] Egypt K002337947 Yes
Levyns, M. [1575] South Africa K002338316 Yes
Täckholm, V. [s.n.] Egypt K002337955 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [870] Saudi Arabia K002338168 Yes
Stainton; Henderson [6180] Türkiye K002338174 Yes
Ehrenberg, C.G. [s.n.] Egypt K002337950 Yes
Stainton; Henderson [6040] Türkiye K002338176 Yes
Jensen; Sahira; Omar, S. [s.n.] Iraq K002338165 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002338268 Yes
Davis, P.H. [8382] Egypt K002337943 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [3376] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002337681 Yes
Stainton; Henderson [5286] Türkiye K002338172 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt K002337949 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [14] Egypt K002337952 Yes
Crookshank, H. [52] Pakistan K002338162 Yes
Täckholm, V.; Elsayed, I.; El Mahdi, M.E. [s.n.] Egypt K002337954 Yes
Hassan, L.M. [2232] Egypt K002337946 Yes
Seemann [1304] K002338269 Yes
Stainton; Henderson [5579] Türkiye K002338170 Yes
Frémont's [s.n.] United States K002338267 Yes
Danley [8034] Namibia K002338317 Yes
Calvo, J.; Gonzalo, R.; Quintanar, A.; [al.] [1286] Morocco K002338200 Yes
Hurst, H.A. [s.n.] Egypt K002337951 Yes
Atha, D.E.; Reveal, J.; Khutsiskvili, M. [5076] Georgia K002338164 Yes
Andersen, J.P. [5554] United States K002338272 Yes
Sprague; Marquand [s.n.] United Kingdom K002337754 Yes
Dennis, R.W.G. [103] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002337682 Yes
H. M. [Elamin] [36] Qatar K002338167 Yes
Sintenis, P. [342] Iraq K002338030 Yes
Edmondson, J.R.; McClintock, M.A.S. [E 2887] Cyprus K002338163 Yes
Stainton; Henderson [5579] Türkiye K002338169 Yes
Sprague; Marquand [s.n.] United Kingdom K002337756 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [3026] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002337683 Yes
Crookshank, H. [5] Pakistan K002338161 Yes
Geyer's [386] United States K002338266 Yes
Hector [s.n.] United States K001738678 Yes
Amico, A.; Bavazzno, R. [s.n.] Mozambique K002338312 Yes
Engelmann, G. [s.n.] United States K001738681 Yes
Vasey, G.R. [323] United States K001738679 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [10067] South Africa K002338315 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [2487] United States K002338271 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [386] United States K000928488 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maitland, T.D. [s.n.] Egypt K002337945 Yes
Stainton; Henderson [6040] Türkiye K002338173 Yes

Sources

  • 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
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  • 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