Taxon: Larix decidua Mill.

Genus:

Larix

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

21485

Place of publication:

Gard. dict. ed. 8: Larix no. 1. 1768

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

08-may-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 26-jul-2004

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Larix europaea DC.
(=) Pinus larix L.

Common names:

European larch (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
larice europeo (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
europeisk lärk (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
ou zhou luo ye song (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide KrussmannC; Zander ed14)
Materials: gum/resin (source of manna fide Pl Book)
Materials: wood (source of manna fide Pl Book)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Europe

MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany (s.), Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine (n.w.)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy (n.), Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (s.e.)

Cultivated

(also cult.)

Naturalized

(natzd. elsewhere)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 (Pl Book)
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Larix decidua Mill. :

Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
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.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=21485. Accessed 13 mayo 2024.