Astrantia

Astrantia major

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Saniculoideae
Tribus: Saniculeae
Genus: Astrantia
Sectiones: A. sect. Astrantia – A. sect. Astrantiella
Species: A. bavarica – A. carniolica – A. colchica – A. major – A. maxima – A. minor – A. ossica – A. pauciflora – A. pontica – A. trifida

Name

Astrantia L., Sp Pl. 1: 235 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 110 (1754).

• Lectotype species: Astrantia major L. (designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 138 (1929))

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Etoxoe Raf., Good Book: 53 (1840).
  • Transcaucasia M.Hiroe, Umbelliferae World 616 (1979).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden (introduced). Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium (introduced), Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Northwest European Russia (introduced), Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Iran, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 235. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 110. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Grințescu, I. 1910. Monographie du genre Astrantia. Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de Genève 13–14: 66—194. BHL Reference page. 
• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Astrantia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2023 Dec 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Astrantia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 25 Dec 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Astrantia. Accessed: 2023 25 Dec.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Astrantia. Published online. Accessed 25 Dec 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Astrantia. Accessed: 25 Dec 2023.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Astrantia in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2023 Dec 25.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Astrantia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2009 Dec 11.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Астранцыя
català: Astrància
čeština: jarmanka
dansk: Stjerneskærm
Deutsch: Sterndolde
فارسی: ستاره‌گون
suomi: Tähtiputket
arpetan: Fllor de Sènt-Jian
français: Astrance
hornjoserbsce: Bělan
magyar: Völgycsillag
հայերեն: Աստղաբույս
italiano: Astranzia
lietuvių: Astrantija
polski: Jarzmianka
русский: Астранция
slovenčina: jarmanka
svenska: Stjärnflockesläktet
українська: Астранція

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