Myosotis alpestris

Myosotis alpestris

Myosotis alpestris

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cynoglossoideae
Tribus: Myosotideae
Genus: Myosotis
Species: Myosotis alpestris
Subspecies: M. a. subsp. alpestris – M. a. subsp. mrkvickana – M. a. subsp. pyrenaeorum – M. a. subsp. suaveolens

Name

Myosotis alpestris F.W.Schmidt, Fl. Boëm. 3: 26 (1794).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Myosotis sylvatica [rankless] alpestris (F.W.Schmidt) Brügger, Naturg. Beitr. Chur 77 (1874).
  • Myosotis sylvatica subsp. alpestris (F.W.Schmidt) Schübl. & G.Martens, Fl. Würtemberg (ed. 1) 124 (1834).
  • Myosotis sylvatica subsp. alpestris (F.W.Schmidt) Gams in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 2168 (1927), comb. superfl.
  • Myosotis sylvatica var. alpestris (F.W.Schmidt) Pohl, Tent. Fl. Bohem. 1: 176 (1809).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Central European Russia (introduced), Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Iraq, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schmidt, F.W. 1794. Flora Boëmica inchoata, exhibens plantarum regni Boëmiae indigenarum species. Centuria iii. 112 pp. Pragae: I.G. Calvae. BHL Reference page. : 26.

Additional references

• Chu, G.L., Riedl, H.U. & Kamelin, R.V. 1995. Myosotis alpestris. Pp. 361 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 16: Gentianaceae through Boraginaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-33-9. efloras PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Myosotis alpestris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2023 January 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Myosotis alpestris. Published online. Accessed January 26 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Myosotis alpestris. Accessed: 26 January 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Myosotis alpestris. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2023 January 26. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Pomněnka alpská
Deutsch: Alpen-Vergissmeinnicht
English: Alpine Forget-me-not
eesti: Aed-lõosilm
suomi: Alppilemmikki
français: Myosotis des Alpes
magyar: Havasi nefelejcs
日本語: ノハラワスレナグサ
Nederlands: Alpenvergeet-mij-nietje
polski: Niezapominajka alpejska
русский: Незабудка альпийская
slovenčina: Nezábudka alpínska
svenska: Alpförgätmigej

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