Tofieldia pusilla

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Familia: Tofieldiaceae
Genus: Tofieldia
Species: Tofieldia pusilla

Name[edit]

Tofieldia pusilla (Michx.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 399 (1805).

Synonyms[edit]

Basionym
- Narthecium pusillum Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 209 (1803).
Homotypic
- Abama pusilla (Michx.) Raf., New Fl. 1: 36 (1836).
Heterotypic
- Phalangium minimum Hill, Brit. Herb.: 473 (1756), opus utiq. oppr.
  - Tofieldia minima (Hill) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 439 (1913 publ. 1914).
- Anthericum calyculatum Pall., Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 33 (1776), nom. illeg.
- Narthecium boreale Wahlenb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 1805: 124 (1805).
  - Tofieldia borealis (Wahlenb.) Wahlenb., Fl. Lapp.: 89 (1812).
- Tofieldia alpina Hoppe & Sternb., Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 1: 152 (1815), nom. illeg.
- Tofieldia capitata Hoppe, Flora 3: 314 (1820).
  - Tofieldia palustris var. capitata (Hoppe) Hoppe, Flora 4: 189 (1821).
  - Tofieldia calyculata var. capitata (Hoppe) Wimm. & Grab., Fl. Siles. 1: 352 (1827).
  - Tofieldia calyculata subsp. capitata (Hoppe) Schübl. & G.Martens, Fl. Würtemberg: 236 (1834).
  - Tofieldia calyculata subvar. capitata (Hoppe) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 745 (1882).
  - Tofieldia calyculata subsp. capitata (Hoppe) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 187 (1890).
  - Tofieldia calyculata f. capitata (Hoppe) Vollm., Fl. Bayern: 141 (1914).
- Isidrogalvia borealis Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 839 (1821), nom. inval.
- Tofieldia capitata Raf., Autik. Bot.: 65 (1840). nom. illeg.
Misapplied names
- Tofieldia pusilla subsp. austriaca auct. non Kunz, Phyton (Horn) 9: 138. 1961 (= Tofieldia × hybrida; see Gutermann in Fischer et al., Exkursionsfl. Oesterr.: 1016 (2005)).

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy, Yugoslavia (doubtful)
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - East European Russia, North European Russia.
Continental: Africa
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Buryatiya, Chita, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, Newfoundland, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Montana.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Minnesota.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Michigan.

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

References[edit]

Additional references[edit]

Fischer, M.A., Oswald, K. & Adler, W. 2008. Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol. 3rd ed., Land Oberösterreich, Biologiezentrum der Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseen, Linz. ISBN 978-3-85474-187-9. Reference page.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Tofieldia pusilla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Tofieldia pusilla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Tofieldia pusilla. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Tofieldia pusilla. Accessed: 21 May 2023.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Tofieldia pusilla in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 21.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tofieldia pusilla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names[edit]

Deutsch: Kleine Simsenlilie
English: Scottish Asphodel
suomi: Pohjankarhunruoho, karhunruoho
hornjoserbsce: Bahnowa syćinka
norsk nynorsk: Bjønnbrodd
русский: Тофильдия маленькая
svenska: Björnbrodd

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