Arnica

Arnica amplexicaulis

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: Asteroideae
Tribus: Madieae
Subtribus: Arnicinae
Genus: Arnica
Species: A. acaulis – A. angustifolia – A. cernua – A. chamissonis – A. cordifolia – A. dealbata – A. discoidea – A. fulgens – A. gracilis – A. griscomii – A. intermedia – A. lanceolata – A. latifolia – A. lessingii – A. lonchophylla – A. longifolia – A. louiseana – A. mallotopus – A. mollis – A. montana – A. nevadensis – A. ovata – A. paniculata – A. parryi – A. porsildiorum – A. rydbergii – A. sachalinensis – A. sororia – A. spathulata – A. unalaschcensis – A. venosa – A. viscosa

Source(s) of checklist:
Hassler, M. 2018. Arnica. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 18. Reference page.

Name

Arnica L., 1753

• Type species: Arnica montana L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Aliseta Raf. in New Fl. 2: 22 (1837)
  • Arnicula Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 135 (1898)
  • Mallotopus Franch. & Sav. in Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 394 (1878)
  • Peritris Raf. in New Fl. 2: 23 (1837)
  • Whitneya A.Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 549 (1865)

Homonyms

• Arnica Boehm. (1760) = Doronicum L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern Hemisphere Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon Introduced into: West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 884. Reference page. 

Links

• Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2010 May 22 [1].
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Arnica. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 18 2018. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Arnica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Arnica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Feb. 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Arnica. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 18. Reference page. 
• Arnica L. – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• IUCN link: Arnica threatened species
• Arnica – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Öküzotu, Whitneya
беларуская: Купальнік
čeština: prha
dansk: Guldblomme
Deutsch: Arnika
español: Tabaco de montaña, Tabaco de montana, Árnica
eesti: Arnika
فارسی: همیشه بهار کوهی
suomi: Arnikit
magyar: Árnika
հայերեն: արնիկա
Ido: Arniko
italiano: Arnicinae
қазақша: Арника
lietuvių: Arnika
norsk nynorsk: Solblomslekta
polski: Arnika
русский: Арника
slovenčina: arnika
svenska: Arnikor
українська: Арніка
oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Arnika

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