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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

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)

Statistics

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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