Eriophorum

Eriophorum vaginatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Scirpeae
Genus: Eriophorum
Species: E. angustifolium – E. arcticum – E. brachyantherum – E. callitrix – E. chamissonis – E. gracile – E. humile – E. latifolium – E. scheuchzeri – E. tenellum – E. tolmatchevii – E. transiens – E. triste – E. vaginatum – E. virginicum – E. viridicarinatum

Nothospecies: E. × beringianum – E. × churchillianum – E. × fellowsii – E. × gracilifolium – E. × medium – E. × polystachiovaginatum – E. × pylaieanum – E. × rousseauianum

Name

Eriophorum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 52 (1753)

• Type species: Eriophorum vaginatum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 52 (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Linagrostis Guett., Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. Mém. Math. Phys. (Paris, 4to) 1750: 187 (1754)
  • Plumaria Heist. ex Fabr., Enum.: 207 (1759)
  • Leucoma Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 146 (1789)
  • Eriophoropsis Palla, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 54: 151 (1896)
  • Plumaria Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 195 (1902)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional: Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkey, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 52.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Eriophorum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Dec. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Eriophorum. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 12 2015. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Eriophorum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Dec. 2015. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Падвей
• Deutsch: Wollgräser
• English: Cotton Grass
• eesti: Villpea
• suomi: Suovillat
• Nederlands: Wollegras
• svenska: Ullsläktet