Agrostemma githago

Agrostemma githago, plant; Gumpoldskirchen, Niederösterreich, Austria

Agrostemma githago, flower; den Haag, Netherlands

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sileneae
Genus: Agrostemma
Species: Agrostemma githago
Subspecies: A. g. subsp. githago – A. g. subsp. thessalum

Name

Agrostemma githago L., Sp. Pl. 1: 435 (1753).

• Lectotype (designated by Ghafoor in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 59: 56): Herb. Linnaeus No. 601.1 (LINN).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lychnis agrostemma Ledeb., Fl. Altaic. 2: 284 (1830), nom. illeg.
  • Lychnis githago (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol ed. 2 1: 310 (1771).
  • Silene githago (L.) Clairv., Man. Herbor. Suisse 145 (1811).
  • Silene githago (L.) E.H.L.Krause, Deutschl. Fl. (Sturm), ed. 2 5: 121 (1901), comb. superfl.
  • Agrostemma githago var. typica Fiori, Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 518 (1924), nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • see Agrostemma githago subsp. githago

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar (introduced), Great Britain, Iceland (introduced), Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia (Malta, Sicily), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia) Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States (Estonia, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Lithuania), Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia (introduced), South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (Gran Canaria) (introduced). Regional: East Tropical Africa (all introduced) Kenya Regional: Southern Africa (all introduced) Cape Provinces, Northern Provinces Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Primorye Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia). Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel), Turkey. Regional: China Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Xinjiang. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Pakistan. Continental: Northern America (all introduced) Regional: Subarctic America Alaska. Regional: Western Canada Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Continental: Southern America (all introduced) Regional: Brazil Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Chile Central, Uruguay. 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: 435. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hammer, K., Hanelt, P.H. & Knüpffer, H. 1982. Vorarbeiten zur monographischen Darstellung von Wildpflanzensortimenten: Agrostemma L. Die Kulturpflanze 30(1): 45–96. DOI: 10.1007/bf02098385 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Agrostemma githago. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 12. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Agrostemma githago in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Agrostemma githago. Published online. Accessed: Sep 12 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Agrostemma githago. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Sep 2019. Reference page.
• Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Agrostemma githago. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2019 Sep 12.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Agrostemma githago in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 12.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). 12. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: Sep.
• Hand, R., Thieme, M. & collaborators 2024. Florenliste von Deutschland – Gefäßpflanzen, Version 14. March 2024. Founded by Karl Peter Buttler, published on the internet (https://www.florenliste-deutschland.de). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• العربية: خرم الحنطة
• català: Niella
• kaszëbsczi: Kąkel
• čeština: Koukol polní
• Cymraeg: Bulwg yr ŷd
• dansk: Almindelig Klinte
• Deutsch: Kornrade
• dolnoserbski: Wšedny kukel
• English: Corncockle
• español: Neguilla
• eesti: Harilik äiakas
• euskara: Beltxata
• suomi: Isoaurankukka
• français: Nielle des blés
• hornjoserbsce: Wšědna kukel
• magyar: Vetési konkoly
• հայերեն: Արջնդեղ
• italiano: Gittaione
• қазақша: Егістік қарамықшасы
• lietuvių: Dirvinė raugė
• latviešu: Lauku kokalis
• norsk bokmål: Klinte
• Nederlands: Bolderik
• norsk: Klinte
• polski: Kąkol polny
• română: Neghină
• русский: Куколь обыкновенный
• slovenčina: Kúkoľ poľný
• slovenščina: Navadni kokalj
• svenska: Klätt
• Türkçe: Buğdaykaramuğu
• українська: Кукіль звичайний
• oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Randak
• 中文（简体）: 麦仙翁
• 中文（繁體）: 麥仙翁
• 中文（臺灣）: 麥仙翁
• 中文: 麦仙翁

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