Asteraceae
Arnica

Arnica chamissonis Less.

First published in Linnaea 6: 238 (1831)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic America to NW. & W. Central U.S.A. It grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Manitoba, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Northwest Territorie, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Saskatchewan, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon

Introduced into:

Austria, Labrador, Sweden

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Asteraceae. Flora of North America North of Mexico 21: 1-616. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bolander, H.N. [s.n.] United States Arnica chamissonis subsp. incana K001092238 Isotype Yes
Palmer, E. [194] United States Arnica chamissonis subsp. incana K001092239 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lemmon, J.G. [90753] United States Arnica chamissonis subsp. incana K001092240 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baker, C.F. [881] United States Arnica chamissonis subsp. foliosa K001092131 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Arnica chamissonis subsp. foliosa K001092134 Syntype Yes
Baker, C.F. [336] United States Arnica chamissonis subsp. foliosa K001092130 Unknown Type Material Yes
Macoun, J.M. [64985] Canada Arnica chamissonis subsp. foliosa K001092135 Isotype Yes
Nelson, A. [8012] United States Arnica chamissonis subsp. foliosa K001092132 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nelson, A. [7643] United States Arnica chamissonis subsp. foliosa K001092133 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images