Prunella (Lamiaceae)

Prunella vulgaris (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Prunellinae
Genus: Prunella
Species: P. albanica – P. cretensis – P. grandiflora – P. hyssopifolia – P. laciniata – P. orientalis – P. prunelliformis – P. vulgaris
Nothospecies: P. × bicolor – P. × codinae – P. × gentianifolia – P. × intermedia – P. × surrecta

Name

Prunella L., Sp. Pl. 2: 600 (1753).

• Type species: Prunella vulgaris L., Sp. Pl.: 600 (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Brumella Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754).
  • Prunellopsis Kudô, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 34: 181 (1920).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira. Asia-Temperate Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya. Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. China China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Mongolia Mongolia. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Indo-China Vietnam. Northern America Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Ontario, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala. Caribbean Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd 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 II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Prunella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 March 24. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Prunella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 March 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Prunella. Published online. Accessed: 24 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Prunella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 March 2019.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Boğazotu
беларуская: Чорнагалоў
čeština: černohlávek
dansk: Brunelle
Deutsch: Braunellen
dolnoserbski: Bruna
English: Selfheal
فارسی: پرونلا
suomi: Niittyhumalat
français: Brunelle
Gaeilge: Duán ceannchosach
hornjoserbsce: Jězončik
magyar: Gyíkfű
日本語: ウツボグサ属
ქართული: გობისცხვირა
қазақша: Топырақбас
lietuvių: Juodgalvė
Nederlands: Brunel
polski: Głowienka
русский: Черноголовка
slovenčina: čiernohlávok
svenska: Brunörter
українська: Суховершки

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