Apiaceae
Heracleum
Heracleum sphondylium

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. elegans (Crantz) Schübl. & G.Martens

First published in Fl. Würtemberg: 185 (1834)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Central & S. Europe to Türkiye, Morocco. It grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.], Italy Heracleum sphondylium subsp. montanum K000685831 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 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 2023. 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