Ranunculaceae

Delphinium Tourn. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 530 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical Old World, N. America.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Aleutian Is.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, District of Columbia, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Malawi, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Mexico, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Sahara, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon, Zambia

Introduced into:

Azores, Bangladesh, Canary Is., Connecticut, Delaware, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Great Britain, Guatemala, Honduras, Ireland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norway, Ontario, Rhode I., South Australia, Sweden, Vermont, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter D: 1-30141.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Wang, W.T. (2020). A revision of the genus Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) of China (II). Guihaia 40(Suppl.): 1-254.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 11.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 236 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 530 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 236 (1754)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1987 Bush, B.F. [81] United States K000692602 Paratype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Bush, B.F. [73] United States K000692603 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Bush, B.F. [73] United States K000692604 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Douglas, D. [s.n.] United States K000692548 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Rock, J.F. [14513] China K000692478 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Rock, J.F. [14482] China K000692476 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Rock, J.F. [14483] China K000692477 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Hoehnacker, R.F. [s.n.] Armenia K000692443 Type Yes
Greene, J.A. [s.n.] United States K002154050 Yes
Leiberg, J.B. [1070] United States K002154037 Yes
Leiberg, J.B. [1031] United States K002154039 Yes
Thornton, C.W. [2103] United States K002154032 Yes
Leiberg, J.B. [2153] United States K002154041 Yes
s.coll. [584] United States K002154047 Yes
Ferandez Casas, J.; Susana, A. [8711] Morocco K001569901 Yes
Greene, J.A. [s.n.] Canada K002154049 Yes
Boivin, B.; Alex, J.F. [9390] Canada K002154019 Yes
Davidson, R.; Hall, T. [92] United States K002154030 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002154020 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002154021 Yes
Constance, L.; Morrison, J.L.; Lyon, G.; Mason, H.L. [2587] United States K002154043 Yes
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States K000692566 Type Yes
Hohenacker, T.F. [s.n.] Georgia K000692418 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000692475 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heckner, J.H. [s.n.] United States K002154042 Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [239] Iran K000692396 Unknown Type Material Yes
Leiberg, J.B. [2307] United States K002154040 Yes
s.coll. [584] United States K002154048 Yes
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States K000692565 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4719] India K001039755 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N [s.n.] India K000692503 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 4717] India K001039753 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000692606 Unknown Type Material Yes
Warren, E.M. [s.n.] Canada K002154033 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [420] United States K000692546 Holotype Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [19962] United States K002154029 Yes
Clausen, R.T.; Trapido, H. [4564] United States K002154028 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 4716] India K001039752 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burkill, J.H. [400] United States K002154035 Yes
Halliwell, B. [56] China K:SPC-39888.000 No
Geyer, C.A. [420] United States K000692544 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [2400] K000692441 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [584] United States K002154045 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000692547 Type Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F. [7208] United States K002154036 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000692553 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002154022 Yes
Wallich, N. [4715B] India K000076976 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Grey, A. [s.n.] United States K000692568 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K000692397 Unknown Type Material Yes
Howick, C.; Warner, R. [WH231] United States K002154027 Yes
Geist, O.W. [s.n.] United States K002154031 Yes
[Leared] [s.n.] Morocco K000076087 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nepal K:SPC-38471.000 No
Winterbottom, J., E. [348] India K000692505 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4715] Nepal K001039750 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 4719] India K001039756 Unknown Type Material Yes
Farrer, R.J. [s.n.] K000692473 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [4715] India K000076977 Syntype Yes
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States K000692567 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002154044 Yes
K:SPC-08979.000 No
s.coll. [584] United States K002154046 Yes
Leiberg, J.B. [2030] United States K002154038 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002154034 Yes
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States K000692552 Unknown Type Material Yes
Potanin, G., N. [s.n.] China K000076962 Type Yes
Collett, H. [964] Burma K000692512 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lobb, W. [44] United States K002154025 Yes
Winterbottom, J., E. [348] India K000692504 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hohenacker, T.F. [s.n.] Georgia K000692417 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lobb, W. [43] United States K002154023 Yes
Przewalski, N.M. [s.n.] China K000692474 Type Yes
Geyer, C.A. [163] United States K000692545 Isotype Yes
Fendler, A. [11] K002154024 Yes
K:SPC-14664.000 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 4715] Nepal K001039751 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States K000692587 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000692501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pratt, A., E. [462] China K000076986 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Tolme] [s.n.] K002154026 Yes
K:SPC-26272.000 No
Kaune, S.M. [319] United States K002154051 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Wiedemann, F. [s.n.] Türkiye Aconitella K000075588 Syntype Yes
Davis [46448] Türkiye Consolida K004185369 Yes
Davis [46097] Türkiye Consolida K004185366 Yes
Stainton; Henderson [6092] Türkiye Consolida K004185371 Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [65] Syria Consolida K000692355 Syntype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Consolida K000692380 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stainton; Henderson [5951] Türkiye Consolida K004185372 Yes
Carrasco, M.A.; Cirujano, S.; Velayos, M. [s.n.] Morocco Consolida K001935390 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France Consolida K000692400 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bunge, A. [38] Consolida K000692357 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France Consolida K000692402 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] Consolida K000692404 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [258] Türkiye Consolida K000692376 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Türkiye Consolida K000692382 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Türkiye Consolida K000692363 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis [46469] Türkiye Consolida K004185367 Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [4032] Consolida K000692356 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pancic, J. [s.n.] Serbia Consolida K000692403 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bourgeau, E. [8] Türkiye Consolida K000692362 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bourgeau, E. [8] Türkiye Consolida K000692383 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sintenis, P.E.E. [3177] Consolida K000692372 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [258] Türkiye Consolida K000692377 Unknown Type Material Yes
Khan; Prance; Ratcliffe [759A] Türkiye Consolida K004185365 Yes
Davis [45470] Türkiye Consolida K004185364 Yes
Sintenis, P.E.E. [3177] Consolida K000692373 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stainton; Henderson [5536] Türkiye Consolida K004185373 Yes
[Jacquemont]. [s.n.] France Consolida K000692401 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis [46117] Türkiye Consolida K004185368 Yes
Stainton [8467] Türkiye Consolida K004185370 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [2086] Azerbaijan Consolida K000692358 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hohenacker, T.F. [s.n.] Georgia Consolida K000692405 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Kew's Living Collection Database

  • 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