Digitalis

Digitalis purpurea, Tuinreservaat Jonkervallei in the Netherlands.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Digitalideae
Genus: Digitalis
Sectiones: D. sect. Digitalis – D. sect. Frutescentes – D. sect. Globiflorae – D. sect. Grandiflorae – D. sect. Isoplexis – D. sect. Subalpinae – D. sect. Tubiflorae
Species: D. atlantica – D. canariensis – D. cariensis – D. cedretorum – D. chalcantha – D. ciliata – D. davisiana – D. ferruginea – D. grandiflora – D. ikarica – D. isabelliana – D. laevigata – D. lamarckii – D. lanata – D. lutea – D. mariana – D. minor – D. nervosa – D. obscura – D. parviflora – D. purpurea – D. sceptrum – D. subalpina – D. thapsi – D. transiens – D. viridiflora
Nothospecies: D. × charrelii – D. × coutinhoi – D. × denticulata – D. × di-tellae – D. × fucata – D. × fulva – D. × fuscescens – D. × macedonica – D. × pelia – D. × sibirica – D. × ujhelyii – D. × velenovskyana

Name

Digitalis L., Sp. Pl.: 621 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 272 (1754).

• Lectotype species: D. purpurea L. (designated by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 168. Aug 1929)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Dactylethria Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 148 (1789).
  • Isoplexis (Lindl.) Loudon, Encycl. Pl.: 528 (1829).
  • Callianassa Webb & Berthel., Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 3): 143 (1845).

Homonyms

• Digitalis Vell. (1829) = Velloziella Baill.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco. Regional: Macaronesia Azores (introduced), Canary Islands, Madeira. Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi, Zimbabwe (introduced). Regional: Western Indian Ocean Réunion (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, West Siberia. Regional: Russian Far East Kuril Islands, Sakhalin (introduced). Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye. Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast (introduced). Regional: Eastern Asia Korea (introduced). Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced) Regional: Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Vietnam. Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia Tasmania. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Western Canada British Columbia. Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California, Utah. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Arkansas, Maryland, North Carolina. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Jamaica. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, 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 II: 621. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 272. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bräuchler, C., Meimberg, H. & Heubl, G. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the genera Digitalis L. and Isoplexis (Lindley) Loudon (Veronicaceae) based on ITS- and trnL-F sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 248(1): 111–128. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-004-0145-z ResearchGate 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. 
• Ivanina, L.I. 1955. Род Digitalis L. и его практическое применение [The genus Digitalis L. and its practical application]. Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR. Ser. 1. Flora i Sistematika Vysshikh Rastenii 11: 198–302. (Russian) Full issue DJVU Reference page. 
• Werner, K. 1960. Zur Nomenklatur und Taxonomie von Digitalis L. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 79(2): 218–254. Reference page. 
• Werner, K. 1964. Die Verbreitung der Digitalis-Arten. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Reihe 13(6): 453–486. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Digitalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Digitalis. Published online. Accessed: August 30 2023. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Digitalis. Accessed: 30 August 2023. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Digitalis. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Digitalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jan 2021. Reference page.

Vernacular names

العربية: ديجيتال
azərbaycanca: Üskükotu
беларуская: Наперстаўка
български: Напръстник
বাংলা: ডিজিটালিস
čeština: Náprstník
kaszëbsczi: Palecznica
dansk: Fingerbøl-slægten
Deutsch: Fingerhüte
English: Foxgloves
Esperanto: Digitalo
español: Digitales
eesti: Sõrmkübar
فارسی: گل انگشتانه
suomi: Sormustinkukat
français: Digitale
Gaeilge: Digeatálas
hornjoserbsce: Naporst
հայերեն: Մատնոցուկ
Ido: Digitalo
italiano: Digitale
日本語: ジギタリス
ქართული: ფუტკარა
қазақша: Оймақгүл
lietuvių: Rusmenė
македонски: Бутин
മലയാളം: ഡിജിറ്റാലിസ് ഔഷധങ്ങൾ
norsk bokmål: Revebjelle
Nederlands: Vingerhoedskruid
polski: Naparstnica
română: Degeţel
русский: Наперстянка
slovenčina: Náprstník
slovenščina: Naprstec
svenska: Digitalissläktet
తెలుగు: డిజిటాలిస్
ไทย: ถุงมือจิ้งจอก
Türkçe: Yüksük otu
українська: Наперстянка
中文: 毛地黄属
中文（简体）: 毛地黄属

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