Swertia perennis var. perennis

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Europe to Caucasus, NE. China, 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, 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

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

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.
  • 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?
Vágner, L. [s.n.] Hungary Swertia alpestris K005058987 Yes
Czetz, L. [s.n.] Romania Swertia alpestris K005058985 Yes
Janka [s.n.] Romania Swertia alpestris K005058986 Yes
Cuthbertson [4553] United States Swertia covillei K000854325 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baker, C.F. [788] United States Swertia scopulina K000854327 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nelson, A. [7774] United States Swertia palustris K000854326 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • 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