Cicerbita alpina

Cicerbita alpina

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Lactucinae
Genus: Cicerbita
Species: Cicerbita alpina

Name

Cicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr., Sched. Crit.: 434 (1822).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Sonchus alpinus L., Sp. Pl.: 794 (1753).
  • Aracium alpinum (L.) Monnier, Ess. Monogr. Hieracium: 72 (1829).
  • Mulgedium alpinum (L.) Less., Syn. Gen. Compos.: 142 (1832).
  • Picridium alpinum (L.) Philippe, Fl. Pyren. 1: 576 (1859).
  • Lactuca alpina (L.) A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 444 (1884).
• Heterotypic
  • Hieracium coeruleum Scop., Fl. Carniol. 2: 111 (1772).
  • Mulgedium multiflorum DC., Prodr. 7: 249 (1838).
  • Sonchus racemosus Lam., Encycl. 3: 400 1792).
  • Sonchus montanus Lam., Encycl. 3: 401 (1792).
  • Sonchus coeruleus Sm., Fl. Brit. 2: 815 (1800).
  • Sonchus alpestris Clairv., Man. Herbor. Suisse: 231 (1811).
  • Sonchus acuminatus Bigelow, Fl. Boston., ed. 2: 290 (1824).
  • Sonchus pallidus Torr., Comp. Fl. N. Middle Stat.: 279 (1826).
  • Sonchus multiflorus Desf., Tabl. École Bot. ed. 3: 145 (1829).
  • Soyeria alpina Gren. & Godr., Fl. France [Grenier] 2: 327 (1850).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Finland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe North European Russia, Ukraine. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wallroth, K.F.W. 1822. Schedulae Criticae de Plantis Florae Halensis Selectis. Corollarium novum ad C. Sprengelii Floram halensem. Accedunt generum quorundam specierumque omnium definitiones novae, excursus in stirpes difficiliores. Tom. I. Phanerogamia 434.

Additional references

• Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając, A., Zając, M. 2020. Vascular Plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. 526 pp., W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-83-62975-45-7 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cicerbita alpina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 9. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cicerbita alpina. Published online. Accessed: September 9 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Alpen-Milchlattich
English: Blue Sowthistle
suomi: Pohjansinivalvatti
français: Laitue des Alpes
italiano: Cicerbita violetta
svenska: Torta

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