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December 2024

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Epilobium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 347 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000013609.

Literature

Schneider, C. (1910). Species et formae novae generis Syringa. Repertorium Novarum Specierum Regni Vegetabilis, 9(4–6), 79–82. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.19100090407
Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 347. 1753 [1 May 1753] (as angustifolia)

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Synonyms of Epilobium

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Boisduvalia	Spach	Hist. Nat. Vég. 4: 883 (1835)	wfo-4000004886
Chamaenerion	Ség.	Pl. Veron. 3: 168 (1754)	wfo-4000007614
Chamerion	(Raf.) Raf. ex Holub	Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 7: 85 (1972)	wfo-4000007658
Cordylophorum	(Nutt.) Rydb.	Fl. Rocky Mts. 1064. 1917.	wfo-4000009291
Cratericarpium	Spach	Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 4: 171. 1835. (Sept 1835)	wfo-4000009600
Crossostigma	Spach	Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 4: 174. 1835.	wfo-4000009779
Pyrogennema	Lunell	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 482. 1916.	wfo-4000032301
Zauschneria	C.Presl	Reliq. Haenk. 2: 28 (1831)	wfo-4000041166
Epilobiopsis	Speg. ex H.Lév.	Monogr. Onothera 5: 447 (1913)	wfo-4100003657

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Epilobium:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Epilobium adenocladum	(Hausskn.) Rydb.	–		wfo-1000061461
Epilobium adscendens	Suksd.	Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 18(5-6): 87. 1900 [Jul ? 1900]		wfo-0001357461
Epilobium algidum	M.Bieb.	Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 282 (1819)	—	wfo-1000070564
Epilobium alpinohohuanshanense	S.S.Ying	New Taxa New Names 7: 462 2024		wfo-1000076545
Epilobium ambigens	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 178 (1884)		wfo-0001088076
Epilobium angustifolium f. macrophylla	Hausskn.	–		wfo-0001323658
Epilobium approximatum	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium 177, nomen. 1884 [Jun 1884]		wfo-0001088077
Epilobium badense	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 195 (1908)		wfo-0000668798
Epilobium barcinonense	Sennen	Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 27: 43 (1928)		wfo-0000668803
Epilobium barnadesianum	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 650 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000668804
Epilobium barnoae	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 650 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000668805
Epilobium barnolae	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 650 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0001088042
Epilobium beckhausii	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 312 (1884)		wfo-0000668808
Epilobium billardiereanum	DC.	Prodromus 3 1828		wfo-0001349470
Epilobium billardiereanum f. billardiereanum	–	–		wfo-0001327015
Epilobium billardiereanum f. major	Hausskn.	Monographie der Gattung Epilobium 1884		wfo-0001327017
Epilobium billardiereanum f. simplex	Hausskn.	Monographie der Gattung Epilobium 1884		wfo-0001327019
Epilobium blockianum	H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 22 (1916)		wfo-0000668822
Epilobium blyttianum	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 177 (1884)		wfo-0000668824
Epilobium bollianum	Brügger	Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens , n.s., 23-24: 67 (1880)		wfo-0000668829
Epilobium borbasianum var. dufftii	(Hausskn.) Rouy & E.G.Camus	Fl. France 7: 183 (1901)	—	wfo-1200095002
Epilobium borderianum	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 177 (1884)		wfo-0000668837
Epilobium brittonii	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 79 (1910)		wfo-0000668859
Epilobium canescens	Thell. ex Nacg. & Thell.	Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 50: 282 (1905)		wfo-0000668879
Epilobium canescens var. canescens	–	–		wfo-0001392108
Epilobium carthusianorum	H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 22 (1916)		wfo-0000668891
Epilobium cebolleta	Schltr.	–		wfo-0001348599
Epilobium ceretanicum	Sennen ex H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 21 (1916)		wfo-0000668900
Epilobium ceretanum	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 649 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000668901
Epilobium chambesyanum	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 79 (1910)		wfo-0000668903
Epilobium charbonnelianum	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 195 (1908)		wfo-0000668905
Epilobium cochinchinense	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6334. 1832		wfo-0000668940
Epilobium commutatum	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 178 (1884)		wfo-0000668950
Epilobium connexum	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 178 (1884)		wfo-0000668963
Epilobium consociatum	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 178 (1884)		wfo-0000668966
Epilobium costeanum	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 650 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000668976
Epilobium debile	Sennen & Elias	Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 27: 63 (1928)		wfo-0000668993
Epilobium decussatum	Royle	Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 211, nomen. (Quid?). 1835 [Apr 1835]		wfo-0001354640
Epilobium demarchianum	Vaccari	Rivista Club Alpino Ital. 41(1): 7 (1922)		wfo-0000669002
Epilobium dodonaei subsp. prantlii	(Dalla Torre & Sarnth.) B.Bock	Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest 42: 269. 2012 [2011 publ. 10 Feb 2012]		wfo-0001404519
Epilobium dovrense	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 177 (1884)		wfo-0000669028
Epilobium dufftii	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 178 (1884)		wfo-0000669037
Epilobium edentulum	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 649 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000669043
Epilobium eliasii	Sennen	Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 27: 37 (1928)		wfo-0000669046
Epilobium eliasii var. adnatiformis	Sennen	Bol. Soc. Iber. Ci. Nat. 27: 37 1928	—	wfo-0000741334
Epilobium ellenbeckii	Engl.	Sitzungsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1906, 741, numen.		wfo-0001354641
Epilobium epilobiifolia	Kunth	–	—	wfo-0001088079
Epilobium eriksonii	H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 22 (1916)		wfo-0000669049
Epilobium facchini	Hausm. ex Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 248. 1879 [Oct 1879]		wfo-0000669057
Epilobium flexuosum	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 649 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000669080
Epilobium gandogeriamun	H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 22 1916	—	wfo-0000669104
Epilobium gandogerianum	H.Lév.	Le Monde des Plantes 1916, xviii. 22. hybr.		wfo-0001354642
Epilobium gautieri	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 650 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000669107
Epilobium gerardianum	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6326. 1832		wfo-0001354643
Epilobium glanduligerum	K.Knaf ex Čelak.	Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Bohmen iv. (1881) 882.		wfo-0000669130
Epilobium glanduligerum	Pachom.	Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 7: 370 (1983)		wfo-0000669131
Epilobium glaucum var. viride	Phil.	–		wfo-0001401793
Epilobium gorgoneum	Lowe ex Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 58 (1884)		wfo-0000669160
Epilobium graebneri	Rubner	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 179 (1918)		wfo-0000669166
Epilobium hectoris	Sennen	Bol. Soc. Iber. Ci. Nat. 27: 45 1928	—	wfo-0001088043
Epilobium heerianum	Brügger	Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens , n.s., 23-24: 66 (1880)		wfo-0000669187
Epilobium herbertianum	Royle	Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 211, nomen. (Quid?). 1835 [Apr 1835]		wfo-0001354644
Epilobium herveyi	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 79 (1910)		wfo-0000669189
Epilobium hispidum	Weinm.	Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 23(I): 543 (1850)		wfo-0000669206
Epilobium hohuanense	G.Y.Yin	Syst. Bot. Monogr. 34: 93 1992	—	wfo-0001088059
Epilobium hugueninii	Brügger	Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens , n.s., 23-24: 66 (1880)		wfo-0000669218
Epilobium hybridum	Arv.-Touv.	Essai Pl. Dauphiné : 28 (1872)		wfo-0000669223
Epilobium hyssopifolium	Arv.-Touv.	Essai Pl. Dauphiné : 29 (1872)		wfo-0000669225
Epilobium iglaviense	Smejkal	Cas. Morav. Muz. Zemsk. 79: 82 (1994 publ. 1995)		wfo-0000669226
Epilobium imbaultianum	L.C.Lamb.	Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 21: xi (1911)		wfo-0000669228
Epilobium josefi-holubii	F.Krahulec	Preslia 71: 241 (1999)		wfo-0000669245
Epilobium krausei	R.Uechtr. & Hausskn.	Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 24: 240 (1874)		wfo-0001088047
Epilobium lambertianum	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 195 (1908)		wfo-0000669292
Epilobium latifolium f. albiflorum	Nath.	Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 41(1): 46. 1884 [9 Jan 1884]		wfo-0001326525
Epilobium latifolium var. grandiflorum	Britton	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 11(3): 36. 1884 [Mar 1884]		wfo-0001401795
Epilobium lemayi	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 79. 1910		wfo-0000669323
Epilobium leveilleanum	Rouy & E.G.Camus	Fl. France 7: 182 (1901)		wfo-0000669329
Epilobium lindblomianum	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 178 (1884)		wfo-0000669334
Epilobium lineare	Larrañaga	Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 1: 25 (1922)		wfo-0000669338
Epilobium linifolium	M.Bieb.	Tabl. Prov. Mer Casp. : 58 (1798)		wfo-0000669347
Epilobium lloydii	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 79 (1910)		wfo-0000669351
Epilobium maculatum	Ruiz & Pav.	–		wfo-0001350328
Epilobium martrinii	H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 22 (1916)		wfo-0000669376
Epilobium meyeni	Hausskn.	–	—	wfo-0001087443
Epilobium meyi	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 110 (1908)		wfo-0000669397
Epilobium molle	Horv.	Fl. Tyrnav. Indig. 1: 37 (1774)		wfo-0000669414
Epilobium mouillefarinei	H.Lév.	Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 12: 554 (1903)		wfo-0000669426
Epilobium narjozii	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 536 (1913)		wfo-0000669437
Epilobium navasii	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 649 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000669440
Epilobium ninckii	Corb. ex Ninck	Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 12: 555 (1903)		wfo-0000669461
Epilobium norvegicum	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 178 (1884)		wfo-0000669468
Epilobium obtusiusculum	Raf.	Med. Repos. New York II. v. (1808) 354, nomen.		wfo-0001354645
Epilobium paniculatum var. adenocladon	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium 247. 1884 : erroneous record		wfo-0001401798
Epilobium parvifolium	Schreb.	Spicilegium Florae Lipsicae 1771		wfo-0001351065
Epilobium pellatianum	H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 21 (1916)		wfo-0000669596
Epilobium pellatianum	H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 21 (1916)		wfo-0001088046
Epilobium peradnatum	Borbás	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 363 (1879)		wfo-0000669599
Epilobium prantlii	Dalla Torre & Sarnth.	Fl. Tirol 6(2): 872. 1909		wfo-0000669628
Epilobium probstii	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 264 (1909)		wfo-0000669634
Epilobium prochazkae	F.Krahulec	Preslia 71: 242 (1999)		wfo-0000669635
Epilobium pseudoaggregatum	P.Fourn.	Fl. Compl. Plaine Franç. : 228 (1928)		wfo-0000669641
Epilobium pseudocollinum	H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 22 (1916)		wfo-0000669642
Epilobium pseudonivale	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 195 (1908)		wfo-0000669644
Epilobium purvisianum	F.Lees	The Naturalist 1938, 164.		wfo-0000669668
Epilobium purvisianum	Lees ex Cheetham	Naturalist (Maund & Hall) 1938: 164 (1938)	—	wfo-1000070679
Epilobium pyrenaicum	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 177 (1884)		wfo-0000669675
Epilobium radoi	Borbás	Magyar Orv. Termész. Nagy Gyül. Tört. Vázl. Munk. 23: 273 (1887)		wfo-0000669680
Epilobium ratisbonense	Rubner	Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 12: 170 (1906)		wfo-0000669686
Epilobium reichenbachii	Brügger	Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens , n.s., 23-24: 67 (1880)		wfo-0000669689
Epilobium rigatum	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 649 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000669698
Epilobium rigidum	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 649 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000669700
Epilobium rocheri	H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 22 (1916)		wfo-0000669710
Epilobium romieuxii	Murr	Neue Übers. Bl.-Pfl. Vorarlberg : 210 (1923)		wfo-0000669711
Epilobium salcedoi	C.Vicioso	Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 6(2): 61 (1946)		wfo-0000669741
Epilobium salisianum	Brügger	Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens , n.s., 23-24: 67 (1880)		wfo-0000669745
Epilobium sangallense	Thell.	Monde Pl. 27(160): 2 (1926)		wfo-0000669751
Epilobium sargentii	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 79 (1910)		wfo-0000669754
Epilobium scardicola	Bornm.	Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 136: 42 (1926)		wfo-0000669759
Epilobium schmalhausenianum	M.Schulze.	Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 6: 37 (1886)		wfo-0000669764
Epilobium schraderi	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 649 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000669767
Epilobium scutellariifolium	Arv.-Touv.	Essai Pl. Dauphiné : 29 (1872)		wfo-0000669770
Epilobium sect. Pachydium	(Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Hoch & Gandhi	PhytoKeys 145: 60. 2020		wfo-1000022352
Epilobium semiobscurum	Borbás	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 183 (1879)		wfo-0000669774
Epilobium sempronianum	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 110 (1908)		wfo-0000669775
Epilobium sennenianum	H.Lév.	Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 15: 230 (1916)		wfo-0000669776
Epilobium sennenianum	H.Lév.	Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 15: 230 (1916)		wfo-0001088045
Epilobium sericeum	Bernh.	Index Seminum (NKME, Erfordia) 1837: 3 (1837)		wfo-0001087677
Epilobium simonii	H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 21 (1916)		wfo-0000669788
Epilobium steigeri	Brügger	Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens , n.s., 23-24: 65 (1880)		wfo-0000669811
Epilobium strictum	Muhl.	Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. 39. 1813 [Late Sep or early Oct 1813]		wfo-0001087418
Epilobium stroebelii	A.D.Hawkes	Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 18: 173. 1957		wfo-0001351857
Epilobium syriacum	Hausskn.	Monogr. Epilobium : 178 (1884)		wfo-0000669834
Epilobium tarni	de Laramb. ex Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. , Suppl. 2(1): 122 (1889)		wfo-0000669838
Epilobium tartonnei	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 649 (1926 publ. 1927)		wfo-0000669839
Epilobium ternatum	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 209 (1866)		wfo-0000669845
Epilobium tetrapetalum	Pall. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 560.		wfo-0001354646
Epilobium teuscherianum	A.D.Hawkes	Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 18: 173. 1957		wfo-0001351856
Epilobium tiarogynum	Norm.	Forh. Vidensk.-Selsk. Kristiania 1893(Extr.): 25 (1893)		wfo-0001331197
Epilobium turicense	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 195 (1908)		wfo-0000669888
Epilobium valvidiense	Skottsb.	–		wfo-0001349689
Epilobium velutinum	H.Lév.	Monde Pl. 18: 21 (1916)		wfo-0000669904
Epilobium vestitum	Benth.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6327. 1832		wfo-0001354647
Epilobium virgatum subsp. brachyathum	Merino	Fl. Galicia 3: 556 (1909)	—	wfo-1200095094