Myosotis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 131 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. to Tropical Old World Mountains.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Aleutian Is.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bolivia, Brazil South, Chile Central, Chile North, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kerguelen, Labrador, Manitoba, Mexico Central, New Mexico, Réunion, Saskatchewan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Stroh in Beih. Bot. Cbl. 61B: 317 (1941).
  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 57

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 63 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 131 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 30, 2021 Moran, SML; Moxon-Holt, L; Peng, P; Perkins, B [SMLM7] United Kingdom K001291730 No
Aug 16, 1976 Ruprecht, F.J.I. [s.n.] Russia K001094015 Lectotype Yes
Aug 16, 1976 Balansa, B. [555] Turkey K001094016 Type Yes
Dec 8, 1962 Levier, E. [s.n.] Spain K001085865 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 6, 1934 Durieu M.; M.C. [267] Spain K001085867 Unknown Type Material Yes
Castroviejo, S. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001532370 Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1716] Armenia K000297244 No
Cunningham, A. [s.n.] New Zealand K000357228 Yes
Cunningham, A. [15] New Zealand K000357230 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001085866 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 930] India K001110326 Unknown Type Material Yes
Amherst, S. [Cat. no. 929] India K001110324 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cunningham, R. [392] New Zealand K000357231 Yes
Royle, J.F. [s.n.] India K001094014 Unknown Type Material Yes
Durieu M., M.C. [131] Spain K001085864 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7020] Nepal K001126591 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forster, J.R. [s.n.] New Zealand K000357225 Type Yes
Forster [s.n.] New Zealand K000357224 Type Yes
Wild, C. [s.n.] New Zealand K000820247 Type Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 7019] India K001126589 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 7019] India K001126590 Unknown Type Material Yes
Giles, J.J. [91] United Kingdom K001419171 Yes
L.W. [s.n.] Portugal K001085879 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [7841] South Africa K000418855 Unknown Type Material No
Drege [7841] South Africa K000418856 Unknown Type Material No
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1796] Armenia K000297296 No
Balansa, B. [555] Turkey K001094017 Type Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 929] India K001110325 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K001085868 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
  • 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