Ranunculaceae
Aconitum

Aconitum lethale Griff.

First published in Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 732 (1854)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to S. Tibet. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1984). Flora of Bhutan 1(2): 189-462. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Aconitum palmatum.]
  • Kadota, Y. (2010). Systematic studies of Asian Aconitum (Ranunculaceae) XIII. Species of Bhutan including a new scandent species. The Journal of Japanese Botany 85: 8-24. [Cited as Aconitum spicatum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kadota, Y. (2010). Systematic studies of Asian Aconitum (Ranunculaceae) XIII. Species of Bhutan including a new scandent species. The Journal of Japanese Botany 85: 8-24.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Griffith, W. [49], India K000692313 Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.], India K000692314 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Williams, L.T.J. [8414], Nepal Aconitum spicatum K000692300 isotype Yes
Jul 22, 1903 Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], Sikkim Aconitum spicatum K000692305 Yes
Jul 22, 1903 Hooker, J.D. [114], Sikkim Aconitum spicatum K000692306 Yes
Jul 22, 1903 Thomson, T. [s.n.], Sikkim Aconitum spicatum K000692303 Yes
Jul 22, 1903 Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], Sikkim Aconitum spicatum K000692302 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], India Aconitum spicatum K000692304 Yes
s.coll. [4717], India Aconitum spicatum K000692301 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images