Sanguinaria canadensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Papaveraceae
Subfamilia: Papaveroideae
Tribus: Chelidonieae
Genus: Sanguinaria
Species: Sanguinaria canadensis

Name

Sanguinaria canadensis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 505 (1753).

Synonyms

Belharnosia canadensis (L.) Nieuwland, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 350. 1914.
Belharnosia mesochora (Greene) Nieuwland
Sanguinaria acaulis Moench
Sanguinaria australis Greene
Sanguinaria canadensis f. colbyorum Benke, Rhodora 35: 45. 1933.
Sanguinaria canadensis f. incarnata Farwell, Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 26 (1): 12. 1941.
Sanguinaria canadensis f. multiplex (E.H.Wilson) Weatherby, Connecticut State Geol. Surv. Bull. 48: 50. 1931.
Sanguinaria canadensis var. australis (Greene) Fedde
Sanguinaria canadensis var. dilleniana (Greene) Fedde, Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 104: 204. 1909.
Sanguinaria canadensis var. mesochora (Greene) Fedde, Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 104: 205. 1909.
Sanguinaria canadensis var. multiplex E.H.Wilson, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 73: 283. 1923.
Sanguinaria canadensis var. rotundifolia (Greene) Fedde, Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 104: 205. 1909.
Sanguinaria canadensis var. stenopetala Pursh
Sanguinaria dilleniana Greene, Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 2: 366. 1814.
Sanguinaria grandiflora Rosc.
Sanguinaria major Dill.
Sanguinaria mesochora Greene
Sanguinaria rotundifolia Greene
Sanguinaria stenopetala Steudel
Sanguinaria vernalis Salisbury
Sanguinaria virginiana Gaertn

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern & Central USA
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- Regional: Canada
  - Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd 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.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Sanguinaria canadensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jul. 23. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Sanguinaria canadensis. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jul. 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Sanguinaria canadensis. Published online. Accessed: 23. Jul. 2024. Reference page.

Vernacular names

català: Sanguinària del Canadà
dansk: Canadisk Blodurt
English: Bloodroot
español: Sanguinaria
suomi: Lumikki
français: Sanguinaire du Canada
lietuvių: Kanadinė sangvinarija
polski: Sangwinaria kanadyjska
svenska: Blodrot
Türkçe: Kan otu
中文: 血根草