Angelica decursiva(Miq.) Franch. & Sav.

WFO wfo-0000536162 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Angelica decursiva, photographed by harum.koh
fig. a harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2020-09-27 / obs. 97479324
Angelica decursiva, photographed by harum.koh
fig. b harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 97479334
Angelica decursiva, photographed by harum.koh
fig. c harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 97479346
Angelica decursiva, photographed by Takashi KOIKE
fig. d Takashi KOIKE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 94928178

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Angelica decursiva is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye, Taiwan, Vietnam China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastInner MongoliaJapanManchuriaPrimoryeTaiwanVietnam Korea
Native distribution of Angelica decursiva, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Inner Mongolia CHI
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Primorye PRM
Taiwan TAI
Vietnam VIE ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 31 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Angelica decursiva f. albiflora (Maxim.) Nakai
  • Angelica decursiva f. angustiloba (Makino) Ohwi
  • Angelica decursiva f. decursiva
  • Angelica decursiva var. albiflora (Maxim.) Nakai
  • Angelica decursiva var. angustiloba (Makino) Honda
  • Cymopterus crassus (Koidz.) M.Hiroe
  • Cymopterus melanotilingia (H.Boissieu) C.Y.Yoon
  • Halosciastrum crassum Koidz.
  • Halosciastrum melanotilingia (H.Boissieu) Pimenov & V.N.Tikhom.
  • Ligusticum melanotilingia (H.Boissieu) Kitag.
  • Ligusticum purpureopetalum Komarov
  • Ostericum crassum (Nakai) Kitag.
  • Ostericum melanotilingia (H.Boissieu) Kitag.
  • Peucedanum astrantiifolium H.Wolff
  • Peucedanum decursivum (Miq.) Maxim.
  • Peucedanum decursivum f. albiflorum (Maxim.) Y.Yabe
  • Peucedanum decursivum var. albiflorum Maxim.
  • Peucedanum decursivum var. angustilobum Makino
  • Peucedanum decursivum var. discolor Makino
  • Peucedanum grandifolioides H.Wolff
  • Peucedanum melanotilingia (H.Boissieu) H.Boissieu
  • Peucedanum porphyroscias Makino
  • Peucedanum porphyroscias f. albiflorum (Maxim.) Matsum.
  • Peucedanum porphyroscias var. albiflorum (Maxim.) Makino

and 7 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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