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sylvaticum

Taxon

Melampyrum sylvaticum L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 605. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (225).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (225).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (210).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (210).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (233).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (233).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (209).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (209).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (231).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (231).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (214).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (214).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (232).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (232).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (207).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (207).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (227).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (227).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (203).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (203).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (212).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (212).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (222).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (222).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (215).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (215).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (205).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (205).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (219).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (219).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (226).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (226).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (228).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (228).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (220).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (220).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (230).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (230).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (208).JPG

Melampyrum sylvaticum, Davidson, C 13207--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (208).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, West Siberia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 13207

June 30, 2016

Location

Switzerland, Canton Bern, Guttannen (Guttannen)

46.596556, 8.325944

Location Remarks

Highway 6, S of Handegg; 5 km N of Grimsel Pass. Kunzentannlein hiking area. 1596 m elev. and above.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Beat Bäumler, Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Meadow insinuated into a granite fellfield, by a small stream.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Orobanchaceae

Genus

Melampyrum

Specific Epithet

sylvaticum

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#283,899 of 335,497

Top 85%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →