Parnassia parviflora DC.

First published in Prodr. 1: 320 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Alaska to W. & N. U.S.A. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Labrador, Manitoba, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016). Flora of North America North of Mexico 12: 1-603. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Shu, Y. & al. (2017). Checklist and typification of Parnassia (Celastraceae). Phytotaxa 309: 1-22. [Cited as Parnassia palustris.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016). Flora of North America North of Mexico 12: 1-603. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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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
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