Amaryllidaceae
Leucojum

Leucojum vernum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 289 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Belgium to Ukraine. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Denmark, Finland, Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Aeschimann, D. & Heitz, C. (2005). Index synonymique de la Flore de Suisse et territoires limitrophes (ISFS). Doc. Flor. Helv. 2: 1-323.
  • Dunn, S. T. (1905). Alien Flora of Britain. West, Newman & Co., London.
  • Harris, J. G. & Woolf Harris, M. (2001). Plant Identification Terminology. Spring Lake Publishing, Spring Lake, Utah.
  • Huxley, A., Griffiths, M. & Levy, M. (eds) (1992). The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. Vol. 3 (L to Q): 57-58. Macmillan Press, London.
  • Lledó, M.D., Davis, A.P., Crespo, M.B., Chase, M.W. & Fay, M.F. (2004). Phylogenetic analysis of Leucojum and Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae) based on plastid matK and nuclear ribosomal spacer (ITS) DNA sequences and morphology. Plant Systematics and Evolution 246: 223-243.
  • Mabberley, D.J. (2006). Mabberley’s Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses, 3rd Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Meerow, A.W. & Snijman, D.A. (1998). Amaryllidaceae. In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, ed. K. Kubitzki, pp. 83-110. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Plants for a Future (2010). Leucojum vernum. Accessed on 6 December 2010.
  • Sims, M. D. (1818). Leucojum vernum var. carpathicum. Curtis's Bot. Mag. 45: t. 1993.
  • Szlávik, L., Gyuris, Á., Minárovits, J., Forgo, P., Molnár, J. & Hohmann, J. (2004). Alkaloids from Leucojum vernum and antiretroviral activity of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids. Planta Medica. 70: 871-873.
  • Webb, D. A. (1980). Leucojum. In: Flora Europaea Volume 5, ed. T.G. Tutin, V.H. Heywood, N.A. Burges, D.M. Moore, D.H. Valentine, S.M. Walters & D.A. Webb, pp. 76-77. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010). Leucojum vernum. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
RBGKewTissueBank [70576] United Kingdom K000696795 No
{Miss. C. A. Cooper} [s.n.] Austria K002461482 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002461503 Yes
Sandwith, C.I.; Sandwith, N.Y. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002461457 Yes
S.coll [S.no] Slovenia K001770242 Yes
Haffner [S.no] Slovenia K001770243 Yes
Grat[illegible] [S.no] K002461468 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [47715] France K002461494 Yes
Rablik, J. [S.no] K002461480 Yes
[aufercoarfe] [s.n.] Austria K002461473 Yes
Druce, G.C. [s.n.] K002461456 Yes
Willmott, E.A.; Guadefroy, E.; Parisot, L. [s.n.] France K002461490 Yes
Favrat, L.; Barbey, W. [s.n.] Switzerland K002461464 Yes
Lelu (?) [3581] Italy K001222429 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [1857] Greece K002461518 Yes
Makins, F.K. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002461458 Yes
Meebold, A. [9] Italy K002461514 Yes
Parisot, L. [33*] France K002461486 Yes
Young, M. [MY193/H] Greece K002461519 Yes
{Vágner; Stapf} [s.n.] Hungary K002461529 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002461505 Yes
Stork, A. [s.n.] Switzerland K002461461 Yes
Parisot, L. [33*] France K002461488 Yes
[aufercoarfe] [s.n.] Austria K002461471 Yes
{Bornet; Willmott, E.A.} [s.n.] France K002461506 Yes
[Eunglet] [s.n.] Belgium K002461483 Yes
Schemmann, W. [s.n.] K002461516 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K001734323 Yes
[C. Poivai] [s.n.] Romania K002461527 Yes
Tyacke [s.n.] Italy K002461487 Yes
[Luits] [22/2 869] Austria K002461475 Yes
{Mrs Godfrey Thring; Miss Gwendoline Thring} [H965/34] Switzerland K002461466 Yes
Cat, L. [s.n.] K002461460 Yes
{Mr. Edwards} [42] Austria K002461481 Yes
{Billot} [s.n.] France K001734324 Yes
Schultz, F. [s.n.] France K002461511 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002461515 Yes
[W. Ceselt] [s.n.] Switzerland K002461465 Yes
[Duvene] [s.n.] France K002461484 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002461513 Yes
Hinterhuber [s.n.] Austria K002461479 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002461499 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002461493 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002461489 Yes
Grenier, L. [s.n.] France K002461509 Yes
[W. Brackbank] [s.n.] K002461455 Yes
Borza, A.; Grintescu, I.; Nyárády, E.I.; Gürtler, C. [s.n.] Romania K002461528 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K002461467 Yes
Fray, J.P.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002461507 Yes
s.coll. [558] K002461517 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002461512 Yes
Parisot, L. [33] France K001734322 Yes
[aufercoarfe] [s.n.] Austria K002461470 Yes
Fior [18] K002461520 Yes
[E. A. Burle] [s.n.] France K002461500 Yes
Grenier, L. [s.n.] France K002461508 Yes
Bonnet, E.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002461504 Yes
Geneva [s.n.] Eswatini K002461463 Yes
[aufercoarfe] [s.n.] Austria K002461474 Yes
s.coll. [3938] France K002461501 Yes
Thomas [s.n.] France K002461502 Yes
Callay, A. [s.n.] France K002461485 Yes
Makins, F.K. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002461459 Yes
[Au frers sór ferb]. [s.n.] Austria K002461469 Yes
Schultz, F. [s.n.] France K002461510 Yes
Parisot [s.n.] France K002461491 Yes
[aufercoarfe] [s.n.] Austria K002461472 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002461496 Yes
[illegible] [474] France K001734325 Yes
K:SPC-23559.000 No
s.coll. [3544] France K002461497 Yes
Palmer; Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] K002461453 Yes
{Pr. Genevam} [s.n.] Switzerland K002461462 Yes
Merivole, H. [s.n.] K002461521 Yes
[F. Labr Sfrobly] [s.n.] Austria K002461476 Yes
K000400610 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stephens, G. [s.n.] K002461454 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002461492 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002461498 Yes
S.coll [S.no] Erinosma verna K001770241 Yes
Contejean, C.L. [S.no] France Erinosma verna K002461495 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
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