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Apiaceae

Eryngium

Eryngium amethystinum

Eryngium amethystinum var. amethystinum

This variety is accepted

The native range of this variety is N. Sicilia, Italy to W. Balkan Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Taxonomy

Distribution
Synonyms
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Other data

Native to:

Albania, Greece, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Sicilia

Introduced into:

Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland

Heterotypic Synonyms

Eryngium amethystinum f. cupreum Pamp. in Boll. Mus. Republ. San Marino 4: 116 (1920)
Eryngium amethystinum f. macrophyllum Pamp. in Boll. Mus. Republ. San Marino 4: 116 (1920)
Eryngium amethystinum f. trichophyllum Pamp. in Boll. Mus. Republ. San Marino 4: 116 (1920)
Eryngium australe Wulfen & West ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 334 (1820)
Eryngium caeruleum Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 261 (1821), nom. nud.
Eryngium dilatatum Guss. in Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 302 (1843), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
Eryngium orientale Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 6 (1768)
Eryngium siculum Lojac. in Malpighia 20: 294 (1906)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Apiales

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Family
Apiaceae

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Genus
Eryngium

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Species
Eryngium amethystinum
Variety
Eryngium amethystinum var. amethystinum

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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

Berry, M. (2024). Adventives & Aliens News 32. BSBI News 156: 38-48.
Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
Wörz, A. (2011). Revision of Eryngium L. (Apiaceae-Saniculoideae): General part and Palaearctic species. Bibliotheca Botanica 159: 1-498.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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