Eryngium prostratum

Eryngium prostratum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Saniculoideae
Tribus: Saniculeae
Genus: Eryngium
Species: Eryngium prostratum

Name

Eryngium prostratum Nutt. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 92 (1830).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Eryngium prostratum var. disjunctum Fernald, Rhodora 47: 163 (1945).
  • Eryngium prostratum var. foliosum Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot., ed. 2b: 378 (1861).
  • Strebanthus heterophylus Raf., New Fl. 4: 35 (1838).

Homonyms

• Eryngium prostratum James ex S.Watson = Eryngium diffusum Torr.
• Eryngium prostratum Wood = Eryngium baldwinii Spreng.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Eryngium prostratum. 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 Sep 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Eryngium prostratum. Published online. Accessed: Sep 09 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Eryngium prostratum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 4. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2017. Eryngium prostratum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Sep 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Creeping Eryngo

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