Ligusticum scothicum

Ligusticum scothicum, Cramond Island, Edinburgh, Scotland

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: Apioideae
Tribus: Scandiceae
Genus: Ligusticum
Species: Ligusticum scothicum
Subspecies: L. s. subsp. hultenii – L. s. subsp. scothicum

Name

Ligusticum scothicum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 250. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ligusticum scoticum L., (1759, orth. var.; very widely accepted, but not apparently a legitimate correction under ICN Art.60, as Species Plantarum has priority unless there is good reason to reject.)
  • Angelica scothica (L.) Lam., Encycl. 1: 173 (1783)
  • Haloscias scothicum (L.) Fr., Summa Veg. Scand.: 180 (1845)
  • Meum scothicum (L.) Baill., Hist. Pl. 7: 191 (1879)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe England, Scotland, Denmark, Faeroe Isl., Ireland (incl. Northern Ireland), Iceland, Norway, N-European Russia, Sweden Continental: Asia-Temperate Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), Russian Far East (S-Kuril Isl., Kamchatka, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Okhotsk), North Korea, South Korea Continental: Northern America USA (Alaska, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island), Canada (British Columbia, Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec), Greenland, St. Pierre et Miquelon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 250. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Ligusticum scothicum. 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 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ligusticum scothicum. Published online. Accessed: Sep 05 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ligusticum scothicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 05. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ligusticum scothicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ligusticum scothicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

dansk: Skotsk Lostilk
Deutsch: Schottischer Liebstöckel
English: Scots Lovage
suomi: Merirantaputki
Na Vosa Vakaviti: Sikote lovage
français: Livêche d'Écosse
Gaeilge: Sunais
íslenska: Sæhvönn
norsk nynorsk: Strandkjeks
norsk: Strandkjeks
русский: Лигустикум шотландский
svenska: Strandloka
中文: 苏格兰藁本

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