Taxon:
Euphrasia officinalis L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:604. 1753
Comment:
- formerly treated as ambiguous name, as it originally included E. rostkoviana and E. stricta
- Sell and Yeo selected a specimen of E. rostkoviana as lectotype and rejected the name, but there is no formal basis for this
Verified:
01/08/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Euphrasia+officinalis&quantity=1
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Jarvis, C. 2007. Order out of chaos: Linnean plant names and their types 515.
- Sell, P. D. & P. F. Yeo. 1970. A revision of the North American species of Euphrasia (Scrophulariaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 63:201. Note: = Euphrasia rostkoviana Hayne
- Silverside, A. J. 1991. The identity of Euphrasia officinalis L. and its nomenclatural implications. Watsonia 18:343-350. URL: http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/index.html
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Euphrasia rostkoviana Hayne
- Yeo, P. F. 1978. A taxonomic revision of Euphrasia in Europe. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 144:237. Note: = Euphrasia rostkoviana Hayne
Common names
English
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Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | n.e. |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Belarus | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Estonia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Latvia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Lithuania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation-European part | European part | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Poland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Slovakia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Finland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Ireland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bosnia and Herzegovina | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Serbia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Slovenia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Turkey (n.e.)
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CAUCASUS:
Georgia
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Euphrasia rostkoviana; Herbs Commerce ed2, as Euphrasia rostkoviana | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Weed | parasite | fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968, as Euphrasia rostkoviana | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables |