Filago germanica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Gnaphalieae
Subtribus: Gnaphaliinae
Genus: Filago
Species: Filago germanica

Name

Filago germanica (L.) Huds., Fl. Angl.: 328 (1762).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Gnaphalium germanicum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 857 (1753).
Homotypic
- Gifola germanica (L.) Dumort., Florula Belg.: 68 (1827).
- Impia germanica (L.) Bluff & Fingerh., Comp. Fl. German. 2: 342 (1825).
- Filago vulgaris Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 61 (1779). nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Filago canescens Jord., Observ. Pl. Nouv. 3: 202 (1846).
  - Filago pyramidata subsp. canescens (Jord.) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 14: 103 (1983).
  - Filago germanica subsp. canescens (Jord.) W.R.Hayw., Bot. Pocket Book: 84 (1872).
  - Filago germanica var. canescens (Jord.) Gaut., Catal. Rais. Fl. Pyr. Orient., 237 (1898).
  - Filago lutescens subsp. canescens (Jord.) Berher in Louis, Fl. Vosges, éd. 2: 137 (1887).
  - Gifola canescens (Jord.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon sér. 2, 17: 94 (1869).
- Filago numidica Pomel, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 35: 336 (1888).
  - Filago germanica subsp. numidica (Pomel) Batt. in Battandier & Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 440 (1889).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Great Britain, Iceland (casual), Ireland (Eire, Northern Ireland), Norway (casual), Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium (plus Luxembourg), Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares (Ibiza with Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), Corse, France (plus Channel Is), Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia (plus Malta), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia).
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Krym, South European Russia (in error), Ukraine (plus Moldova).
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores (in error), Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Gomera, Hierro, La Palma, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote).
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Djibouti.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya, Nakhichevan).
- Regional: Western Asia
  - East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon), Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia, Yemen (North Yemen).
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Western Canada
  - British Columbia.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Oregon.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia.

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

References

Primary references

Hudson, W. 1762. Flora Anglica, exhibens Plantas per Regnum Angliae sponte crescentes, distributas Secundum Systema Sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis autorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopaeorum.: i–[xvi], 1–506, [i]–xxii. BHL Reference page. : 328

Additional references

Andrés Sánchez, S., Galbany-Casals, M., Rico, E. & Martínez-Ortega, M.M. 2011. (2009) Proposal to conserve the name Filago vulgaris against Gnaphalium germanicum (Filago germanica) (Asteraceae). Taxon 60(2): 600–602. IngentaConnect
Applequist, W. (ed.) 2012. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 64. Taxon. 61(5): 1108–1117 (!1112: Proposal 2009 not recommended). IngentaConnect

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2014. Filago germanica. Published online. Accessed: 7 September 2014.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Filago germanica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 10. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Filago germanica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 January 2018.
Hassler, M. 2018. Filago germanica. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 13. Reference page.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Filago germanica in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Jan 13.
Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Filago germanica. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2017 Jan 13.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gewöhnliches Filzkraut
English: Common Cudweed
español: Yesquerilla lanosa
suomi: Saksantuulenlento
italiano: Bambagia

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