Taxon: Aconitum lycoctonum L.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. lycoctonum (2 accessions)
• Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. vulparia (no accessions)

Common names:

• badgersbane   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. lycoctonum]
  
• wolf's-bane   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• wolfsbane   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. lycoctonum]
  
• wolfsbane   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. vulparia]
  
• acônito   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as A. vulparia]) – Portuguese (Brazil)   [Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. vulparia]
  
• alpstormhatt   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan [s.e.]; Kyrgyzstan [e.]
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  China: China - Heilongjiang [w.], Liaoning [n.w.]
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland; Norway; Sweden [n.]
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. [treats as nom. ambig. under A. septentrionale Koelle].
• Utelli, A. B. et al. 2000. Molecular and morphological analyses of European Aconitum species (Ranunculaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 224:195–212.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Aconitum lycoctonum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Aconitum lycoctonum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Aconitum lycoctonum.

Synonyms:

• Aconitum excelsum Rchb. [= Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. lycoctonum]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Aconitum lycoctonum auct. [= Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. vulparia]
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• Aconitum septentrionale Koelle [= Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. lycoctonum]
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• Aconitum vulparia Rchb. [≡ Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. vulparia]
  

Check other web resources for Aconitum lycoctonum L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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