Gentianaceae

Swertia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 226 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Subarctic & Subalpine Northern Hemisphere to Old World Tropical Mountains.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Angola, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Idaho, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Manchuria, Mongolia, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nevada, New Guinea, New Mexico, Nigeria, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Oregon, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ho T.-N. & Liu S.-W. (2015). A Worldwide Monograph of Swertia and Its Allies: 1-430. Science Press, Beijing.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 4, 1: 570.

Flora of Iraq

  • Linnaeus Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 107 (1754)
  • Linnaeus Sp. Pl., ed. 1, 226 (1753);

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sp. Pl.: 226 (1753).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • G.P. 2: 816 (1876)
  • Gilg in E. & P.Pf. 4 (2): 87 (1895)
  • Pissjauk. in Nov. Sist. Vysh. Rast. 15: 629 (1979)
  • Sileshi in K.B. 53: 419–436 (1998)
  • Sp. Pl., ed. 1: 226 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1997 Zapfack, L. [1202] Cameroon K000339281 No
Mar 1, 1994 Wellby, M.S. [s.n.] K000096963 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Clarke, C.B. [13985] India K000854387 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Sintenis, P. [3175] Armenia K000872381 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Balansa, B. [1493] Turkey K000872379 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Soulie, J.A. [614] China K000854443 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000854486 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1984 s.coll. [s.n.] India K000014462 Type Yes
Apr 12, 1983 Horsfield, T. [369] Indonesia K000854428 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000854485 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 27, 1978 Walker, G.W. [96] Sri Lanka K000854375 Holotype Yes
Sep 27, 1978 Baxter, W. [s.n.] Australia K000854374 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1912 Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000014461 Type Yes
Dalhousie, C. [s.n.] India K000854461 Holotype Yes
Fries [1277] Kenya K000333104 No
Nelson, A. [7852] United States K000854324 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000014456 Type Yes
Hedberg [4399] Kenya K000333105 No
Edgeworth, M.P. [97] India K000854499 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [3491] Kenya K000333103 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10859] Tanzania K:SPC-01096.000 No
Elhi, R. [1680] India K000854393 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 4378] India K001038873 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay, M., l'Abbé [s.n.] China K001639112 No
Maroof Shah [2582] Pakistan K001567508 No
Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000014457 Type Yes
s.coll. [69] Indian Subcontinent K000854395 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [4379] Indian Subcontinent K000854459 Unknown Type Material Yes
Winterbottom, J.E.; Strachey, R. [s.n.] India K000854460 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 4380] India K001038875 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forbes Royle, J. [s.n.] K000854403 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, J.F. [s.n.] Indian Subcontinent K000854457 Holotype Yes
Wallich, N. [4376] K000854503 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 4383] India K001038880 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4377] Nepal K001038872 Unknown Type Material Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [9] India K000854502 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 4379] India K001038874 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jaeschke, H.A. [s.n.] India K000854394 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000014459 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4377] Nepal K001038871 Unknown Type Material Yes
Winterbottom, J.E.; Strachey, R. [s.n.] India K000854458 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [4376] K000854500 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4383] Nepal K001038879 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forbes Royle, J. [s.n.] Indian Subcontinent K000854396 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [4376] K000854504 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [4384] K000854388 Unknown Type Material Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [s.n.] K000854501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000014458 Type Yes
Cheek, M. [10543] Cameroon K000746313 No
Balansa, B. [1493] Turkey K000872380 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [975] Ethiopia K:SPC-58528.000 No
Duthie, J.F. [11959] Pakistan K000854392 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fielding [s.n.] India K000854456 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4381] India K001038876 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000014460 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4375] India K001038869 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 4384] India K001038881 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0