- Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.
Digitalis Tourn. ex L.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is Europe to SW. Siberia, Medit. to Iran.
Descriptions
According to Flora Zambesiaca
[FZ]Scrophulariaceae, D. Philcox. Flora Zambesiaca 8:2. 1990
- Habit
- Biennial or perennial herbs or rarely small shrubs.
- Leaves
- Leaves alternate or sometimes predominantly basal, simple, variously dentate to subentire.
- Flowers
- Flowers zygomorphic in terminal, bracteate, racemes.
- Calyx
- Calyx 5-lobed; lobes equal to subequal, shorter than corolla tube.
- Corolla
- Corolla tubular, cylindrical or inflated-globose, usually constricted towards base; limb usually bilabiate with lips spreading or erect, upper shorter.
- Stamens
- Stamens 4.
- Fruits
- Capsule conical to ovoid, septicidal.
- Seeds
- Seeds small, numerous.
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Distribution
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Azores, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, California, Chile Central, Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Illinois, Jamaica, Korea, Krym, Kuril Is., Malawi, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Montana, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Ontario, Peru, Réunion, Sakhalin, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Zimbabwe
Accepted Species
- Digitalis atlantica Pomel
- Digitalis canariensis L.
- Digitalis cariensis Boiss. ex Jaub. & Spach
- Digitalis cedretorum (Emb.) Maire
- Digitalis chalcantha (Svent. & O'Shan.) Albach, Bräuchler & Heubl
- Digitalis ciliata Trautv.
- Digitalis × coutinhoi Samp.
- Digitalis davisiana Heywood
- Digitalis ferruginea L.
- Digitalis fuscescens Waldst. & Kit.
- Digitalis grandiflora Mill.
- Digitalis ikarica (P.H.Davis) Strid
- Digitalis isabelliana (Webb) Linding.
- Digitalis laevigata Waldst. & Kit.
- Digitalis lamarckii Ivanina
- Digitalis lanata Ehrh.
- Digitalis lutea L.
- Digitalis × macedonica Heywood
- Digitalis mariana Boiss.
- Digitalis × media Roth
- Digitalis minor L.
- Digitalis nervosa Steud. & Hochst. ex Benth.
- Digitalis obscura L.
- Digitalis parviflora Jacq.
- Digitalis × pelia Zerbst & Bocquet
- Digitalis × purpurascens Roth
- Digitalis purpurea L.
- Digitalis sceptrum L.f.
- Digitalis × sibirica Lindl.
- Digitalis subalpina Braun-Blanq.
- Digitalis thapsi L.
- Digitalis transiens Maire
- Digitalis viridiflora Lindl.
Synonyms
Other Data
Digitalis Tourn. ex L. appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Sp. Pl.: 621 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 272 (1754).
- Sp. Pl.: 621 (1753)
Sources
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0