Physospermum cornubiense(L.) DC.

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WFO wfo-0000390940 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Physospermum cornubiense, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. a Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-29 / obs. 204698852
Physospermum cornubiense, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. b Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194318042
Physospermum cornubiense, photographed by agosti
fig. c agosti, CC0 1.0 / obs. 143344380
Physospermum cornubiense, photographed by Carminda Santos
fig. d Carminda Santos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143374608
Physospermum cornubiense, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. e Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 77629577
Physospermum cornubiense, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. f Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76358324
Physospermum cornubiense, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. g Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76152281
Physospermum cornubiense, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. h Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73754857

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Physospermum cornubiense is native: Iran, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Spain, Ukraine IranLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseFranceGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSpainUkraine
Native distribution of Physospermum cornubiense, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
France FRA
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Ukraine UKR
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 24 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.

  • Chaerophyllum aquilegifolium Koso-Pol.
  • Cogswellia nudicaulis (M.Bieb.) M.E.Jones
  • Coriandrum aquilegiifolium All.
  • Danaa aquilegiifolia All.
  • Danaa cornubiensis (L.) Burnat
  • Danaa nudicaulis (M.Bieb.) Grossh.
  • Danaa sylvatica Lag.
  • Haenselera damaecornis Lag.
  • Levisticum aquilegiifolium (All.) Sloboda
  • Ligusticum aquilegifolium Willd.
  • Ligusticum cornubiense L.
  • Ligusticum tenuifolium Salisb.
  • Physophora sylvatica Link
  • Physospermum aquilegifolium W.D.J.Koch
  • Physospermum aquilegiifolium subsp. cornubiense (L.) Nyman
  • Physospermum aquilegiifolium var. cornubiense (L.) Lange
  • Physospermum commutatum Spreng.
  • Physospermum danaa Schischk. ex N.I.Rubtzov
  • Physospermum nudicaule (M.Bieb.) C.A.Mey.
  • Pimpinella danaa M.Bieb.
  • Pseudospermum commutatum Gray
  • Sagapenon aquilegifolium (Willd.) Raf.
  • Sison sylvaticum Brot.
  • Smyrnium nudicaule M.Bieb.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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