Swertia perennis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 226 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Caucasus, NE. China, Kuril Islands to Japan, Aleutian Islands to W. & W. Central U.S.A. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Aleutian Is., Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Idaho, Italy, Japan, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Oregon, Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Efinov, P.G. & al. (2014). New records of vascular plants in European Russia. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 99: 237-241.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 14: 1-505. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Ho T.-N. & Liu S.-W. (2015). A Worldwide Monograph of Swertia and Its Allies: 1-430. Science Press, Beijing.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • 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.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Efinov, P.G. & al. (2014). New records of vascular plants in European Russia. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 99: 237-241.
  • Ho T.-N. & Liu S.-W. (2015). A Worldwide Monograph of Swertia and Its Allies: 1-430. Science Press, Beijing.
  • Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Yamazaki, T., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1993). Flora of Japan IIIa: 1-482. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Pittoni] [s.n.] Austria K005058966 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K005058965 Yes
[Traateuir] [s.n.] Austria K005058969 Yes
[G. Trepper] [s.n.] Austria K005058967 Yes
[Thos. Pichler] [s.n.] Austria K005058977 Yes
[Dr. Henny] [s.n.] Austria K005058970 Yes
Churchill, G.C. [s.n.] Austria K005058980 Yes
[Huter] [s.n.] Austria K005058984 Yes
Churchill, G.C. [s.n.] Austria K005058978 Yes
[Schladwig] [s.n.] Austria K005058964 Yes
[Huter] [s.n.] Austria K005058979 Yes
[Huter] [s.n.] Austria K005058981 Yes
Schultz [s.n.] Austria K005058973 Yes
Prescot [s.n.] K005058972 Yes
[Huter] [s.n.] Austria K005058968 Yes
Pernhoffer [s.n.] Austria K005058971 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K005058976 Yes
[Gander] [s.n.] Austria K005058982 Yes
Tschonoski, S. [s.n.] Japan K000872354 Unknown Type Material Yes
[G. Troffer] [s.n.] Austria K005058974 Yes
[Huter] [s.n.] Austria K005058983 Yes
[Huter] [s.n.] Austria K005058975 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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 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

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