Euphorbiaceae
Mercurialis

Mercurialis perennis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1035 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe, Medit. to N. Iran. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Ireland, New York, Tunisia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • 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.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2018). Euro+Med-Checklist Notulae, 9. Willdenowia 48: 195-220.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2018). Euro+Med-Checklist Notulae, 9. Willdenowia 48: 195-220.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K005045100 Yes
Uotila, P. [31083] K005045109 Yes
[A. Lomalice] [3379] Belgium K005045075 Yes
[A. Zámelš] [s.n.] K005045102 Yes
{Edv. Jansons} [2036] K005045103 Yes
Anttila, T. [795] K005045105 Yes
Kleineberg, R. [1900] K005045073 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [19094] Switzerland K005045090 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [200] K005045101 Yes
Schirajewsky, I. [s.n.] K005045092 Yes
Reclaire, A. [s.n.] K005045104 Yes
Zander, A. [s.n.] K005045086 Yes
Eysn [s.n.] K005045094 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] K005045080 Yes
{R. C. Bakhuizen v. d. Brink, Jr.} [s.n.] K005045074 Yes
[A. Blitz] [s.n.] K005045083 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 300] United Kingdom K000914249 Yes
Krogerus, R. [s.n.] K005045093 Yes
Day, C.D. [187] Türkiye K000341669 No
s.coll. [150] K005045076 Yes
Svestka, F. [s.n.] K005045078 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden K005045095 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] K005045089 Yes
[Gebr. Sintenis] [153] Türkiye K005045096 Yes
[Werenskiold] [s.n.] K005045085 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K005045106 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005045108 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K005045082 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] K005045088 Yes
Stainton, J.D.A. [7364] Greece K005045077 Yes
[C. Czetz] [s.n.] Romania K005045097 Yes
Giles, J.J. [120] United Kingdom K001419127 Yes
{Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Bas van de Riet} [166] France K005045072 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [9323] France K005045071 Yes
Ausserdorfer [s.n.] K005045098 Yes
[J.T] [s.d.] K005045099 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005045087 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] K005045091 Yes
Golde, D. [s.n.] K005045079 Yes
[Ganderf] [s.n.] K005045081 Yes
s.coll. [111] K005045107 Yes
[A. Bleill] [s.n.] K005045084 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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