Myrica gale L.
Distribution
Native to:
Alaska, Alberta, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Connecticut, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Spain, Sweden, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Yukon
Extinct in:
Ohio
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Gale belgica Dumort. in Fl. Belg.: 10 (1827)
- Myrica brabantica Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 249 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Gale commune J.Presl in Wšobecný Rostl. 2: 1416 (1846)
- Gale japonica A.Chev. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 189 (1889)
- Gale palustris A.Chev. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 177 (1889)
- Gale palustris var. crenata A.Chev. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 184 (1901)
- Gale palustris var. denticulata A.Chev. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 184 (1901)
- Gale palustris var. lusitanica A.Chev. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 186 (1901)
- Gale palustris var. subglabra A.Chev. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 185 (1901)
- Gale portugalensis A.Chev. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 187 (1889)
- Gale uliginosa Spach in Hist. Nat. Vég. 11: 259 (1841)
- Myrica algarbiensis Gand. in Nov. Consp. Fl. Eur.: 432 (1910), nom. nud.
- Myrica gale var. portugalensis Mirb. ex C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 148 (1864)
- Myrica gale f. pubescens J.Rousseau & Rouleau in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 27: 337 (1957)
- Myrica gale var. subarctica J.Rousseau in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 27: 337 (1957)
- Myrica gale var. subglabra (A.Chev.) Fernald in Rhodora 16: 167 (1914)
- Myrica gale subsp. tomentosa (C.DC.) A.E.Murray in Kalmia 12: 22 (1982)
- Myrica gale var. tomentosa C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 148 (1864)
- Myrica palustris Lam. in Fl. Franç. 2: 236 (1779)
- Myrica palustris var. subglabra A.Chev. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 185 (1901)
- Myrica rothmaleriana P.Silva in Anuário Soc. Brot. 38: 106 (1972)
- Myrica tomentosa (C.DC.) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 4: 353 (1910)
- Myrica uchanovii Byalt & Firsov in Hortus Botanicus 11: 30 (2015)
- Myrtus brabantica Garsault in Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 397 (1764), opus utique oppr.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Glazkova, E.A. (2012). On some rare vascular plant species from the islands of the Vyborg bay (Leningrad region). Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 97: 512-523.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2000). Flora Nordica 1: 1-344. The Bergius Foundaton.
- Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.newfoundland-labradorflora.com/checklist/.
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Glazkova, E.A. (2012). On some rare vascular plant species from the islands of the Vyborg bay (Leningrad region). Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 97: 512-523.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Fay, M.F. [MFF238], United Kingdom | K000696450 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images