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Melampyrum pratense L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 605. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (91).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (91).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (110).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (110).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (106).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (106).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (101).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (101).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (105).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (105).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (102).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (102).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (112).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (112).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (96).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (96).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (109).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (109).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (95).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (95).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (114).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (114).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (107).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (107).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (94).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (94).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (98).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (98).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (99).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (99).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (97).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (97).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (115).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (115).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (104).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (104).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (100).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (100).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (108).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (108).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (93).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (93).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (103).JPG

Melampyrum pratense, Davidson, C 13211--Switzerland. S of Handegg, Grimsel Pass rd. 30 Jun 2016. DSC06520 (103).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 33 botanical countries across Europe and Temperate Asia; introduced into Irkutsk (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 13211

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

pratense

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.4

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

0.6

Global rank

#78,597 of 335,497

Top 24%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →