Chelidonium (Papaveraceae)

Chelidonum majus subsp. majus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Papaveraceae
Subfamilia: Papaveroideae
Tribus: Chelidonieae
Genus: Chelidonium
Species: C. asiaticum – C. diphyllum – C. lasiocarpum – C. majus – C. sutchuenense

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Chelidonium (Papaveraceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 February 07. Reference page.

Name

Chelidonium L., Sp. Pl. 1: 505. 1753.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Stylophorum Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 7 (1818)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Madeira, Manchuria, Michigan, Missouri, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Virginia, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Brazil South, British Columbia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Great Britain, Iowa, Ireland, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Peru, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Utah, Vermont, Washington 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: 505. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Chelidonium (Papaveraceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 February 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. 07. Published online. Accessed: February 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Chelidonium (Papaveraceae). Accessed: 07 February 2025.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Chelidonium (Papaveraceae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 February 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Dəmrovotu
башҡортса: Сөйәл үләне
беларуская: Падтыннік
čeština: vlaštovičník
Esperanto: Kelidonio
suomi: Keltamot
hornjoserbsce: Krawnik
հայերեն: Կանթեղախոտ
ქართული: ქრისტესისხლა
lietuvių: Ugniažolė
ирон: Чъехаг сырхыхос
русский: Чистотел
slovenčina: lastovičník
svenska: Skelörtsläktet
中文: 白屈莱属