Lentibulariaceae

Pinguicula L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 17 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere, Mexico to Bolivia, Chile to S. Argentina, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Amur, Argentina South, Austria, Bahamas, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colombia, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vermont, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Yakutiya, Yukon

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Casper, S.J. (1966). Monographie der Gattung Pinguicula L.. Bibliotheca Botanica 127/128: 1-209.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 13, 2005 K:SPC-09906.000 No
Jan 1, 1995 Greenwood, E.W.; Suarez, O. [1002] Mexico K000503021 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Conrad, J.; R. [3124] Mexico K000503020 Yes
Greenwood, G. [1060] Mexico K:SPC-51170.000 No
McCullough, R. [G 974] Mexico K:SPC-45298.000 No
Greenwood, E.W. [G. 968] Mexico K:SPC-45350.000 No
Greenwood, G. [1221] Mexico K:SPC-51159.000 No
Greenwood, E.W. [G 975] Mexico K:SPC-45346.000 No
Greenwood, G. [1195] Mexico K:SPC-51164.000 No
Greenwood, G. [1061] Mexico K:SPC-51165.000 No

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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0