Apiaceae
Ligusticum

Ligusticum scothicum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 250 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic & Subalpine Northern Hemisphere. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Connecticut, Denmark, Føroyar, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Sweden

Introduced into:

Finland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2024). Flora of North America North of Mexico 13: 1-566. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1999). Flora of Japan IIc: 1-328. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jonsell, B. & Karlsson, T. (eds.) (2010). Flora Nordica 6: 1-298. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1999). Flora of Japan IIc: 1-328. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jonsell, B. & Karlsson, T. (eds.) (2010). Flora Nordica 6: 1-298. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Fellman, N.I. [s.n.] K002741535 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002741415 Yes
Osterlind, S. [s.n.] Norway K002741417 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741435 Yes
Weyrich [s.n.] K002741533 No
Embleton, R. [478] United Kingdom K002741439 Yes
Dickinson, C.I. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741422 Yes
Gustafson, G. [s.n.] Sweden K002741409 Yes
Syme, J. [478] United Kingdom K002741438 Yes
Ruhsam, M. [DMR57] United Kingdom K001768285 Yes
s.coll. [[175/662]] United Kingdom K002741425 Yes
Collett, R. [s.n.] Norway K002741413 Yes
Miller, W. [588] United Kingdom K002741426 Yes
Smith, N.J.G. [112] United Kingdom K002741423 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741427 Yes
Mann, R.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741430 Yes
Crawfurd; Baenitz, C. [s.n.] Norway K002741414 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Simpson, N.D. [5125] United Kingdom K002741452 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741448 Yes
Samuelsson, G.; Zander, A. [s.n.] Sweden K002741410 Yes
Fries, E. [s.n.] Sweden K002741407 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Faroe Islands K002741400 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Luxembourg K002741405 Yes
Hultén, E. [932] Russia K002741536 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741433 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E 7052] United Kingdom K002741441 Yes
H.F.D. [[27/1]] United Kingdom K002741440 Yes
Zetterstedt, J.E. [s.n.] Norway K002741416 Yes
Crawford, F.C. [715] United Kingdom K002741451 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [917] United Kingdom K002741429 Yes
Komarov, V.L. [s.n.] Russia K002741532 No
Hunt, P.F. [1250] United Kingdom K002741420 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741434 Yes
[C. Reay] [754] United Kingdom K002741450 Yes
Leffler, J.A. [s.n.] Sweden K002741403 Yes
Lindeberg, C.J. [s.n.] Sweden K002741404 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741432 Yes
Beurling, P.J. [s.n.] Sweden K002741408 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Simpson, N.D. [5382] K002741453 Yes
Hartz, J.; Ostenfeld, C. [s.n.] Faroe Islands K002741399 Yes
Skanberg, A.; Schultz, F. [s.n.] Sweden K002741401 No
Knight, F.P. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741436 No
Bolanda, A. [s.n.] Sweden K002741402 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741444 Yes
Collett, R. [s.n.] Norway K002741412 Yes
Wright, C. [s.n.] K002741534 No
Gladstone, J. [62] United Kingdom K002741421 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden K002741406 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741445 Yes
Hartz, J.; Ostenfeld, C. [s.n.] Faroe Islands K002741398 Yes
[W. A. S.] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002741442 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images