Asteraceae

Arnica L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 884 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Colorado, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Greenland, Hungary, Idaho, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon

Introduced into:

West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Plants for Health

  • Plants & Civiliz.: Intro. Plant-People Relat. (Smi

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0