Chrysosplenium alpinum Schur, Verh. Mitth. Siebenbuerg . Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 3(6): 86 (1852) et Verh. Mitth. Siebenbuerg . Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 10: 133 (1859)

Novikov, Andriy, 2023, An annotated nomenclatural checklist of endemic vascular plants distributed in the Ukrainian Carpathians, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 103921-103921 : 103921

Chrysosplenium alpinum Schur, Verh. Mitth. Siebenbuerg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 3(6): 86 (1852) et Verh. Mitth. Siebenbuerg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 10: 133 (1859)

Chrysosplenium alpinum ≡ Chrysosplenium oppositifolium var. alpinum Schur, Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt, 4(8): 28 (1853) et Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 241 (1866) *; GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/7964184; WFO: https://list.worldfloraonline.org/wfo-0000604048; POWO: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/2720224-4; BHL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42660#page/914; BHL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7364#page/261

Chrysosplenium alpinum = Chrysosplenium glaciale Fuss, Fl. Transs.: 247 (1866) *; GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/5567435; IPNI: https://www.ipni.org/n/790594-1; WFO: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000603976; POWO: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/790594-1

Chrysosplenium alpinum = Chrysosplenium oppositifolium var. rosulare (Schot) Schott ex Engl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 165 (1930); GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/8660071; GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/8009567; WFO: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000604049; POWO: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/2720225-4

Chrysosplenium alpinum = Chrysosplenium rosulare Schott ex Maxim., Gartenflora 6: 115 (1857) [nom. nudum] et Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 23: 345 (1877); GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/8560914; GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/5567837; IPNI: https://www.ipni.org/n/790655-1; WFO: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000604087; POWO: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/790655-1; BHL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40083306#page/153; BHL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5354877#page/189

Chrysosplenium alpinum = Chrysosplenium transsilvanicum Schur, Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4(8): 28 (1853) et Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 241 (1866); GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/5567792; IPNI: https://www.ipni.org/n/790679-1; WFO: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000604115; POWO: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/790679-1; BHL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42660#page/914; BHL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7364#page/261

Chrysosplenium alpinum - Chrysosplenium oppositifolium auct. fl. roman. et ucrain. [e.g., Baumg., Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 1: 338, Nr. 699 (1816)], non L. *

Conservation status

In Ukraine - LC ( Onyshchenko et al. 2022).

Distribution

SE Capathian endemic.

Notes

Chrysosplenium alpinum and C. oppositifolium L. are two closely-related species that are sometimes synonymised (e.g. Maximowicz (1877), Răvăruţ (1956)).

Chrysosplenium alpinum plants are glabrous with entire or almost entire leaves (occur in Romanian and Ukrainian Carpathians), while C. oppositifolium plants are pubescent at least in their base and have distinctly dentate leaves (occurring in western and central Europe, but not in Romania or Ukraine - Hrouda and Šourková (1992)). The affinity of these two species resulted in their misinterpretation and inevitable confusion. For example, GBIF provides C. glaciale Fuss (https://www.gbif.org/species/5567435, accessed on 06.06.2023) amongst the synonyms of C. oppositifolium (https://www.gbif.org/species/7526486, accessed on 06.06.2023). Perhaps, this synonymy resulted from Maximowicz’s (1877) observations. Similarly, GBIF provides C. rosulare Schott ex Maxim. (https://www.gbif.org/species/8560914, https://www.gbif.org/species/5567837, accessed on 06.06.2023) amongst synonyms to C. oppositifolium. This is because Maximowicz (1877), on page 345, indicated that C. rosulare , C. alpinum and C. glaciale , are synonyms for C. oppositifolium. Maximowicz (1877) noted that Transylvanian plants slightly differ, but concluded that this difference is taxonomically unimportant. In the original protologue of C. glaciale , Fuss (1866), on page 247, indeed provided C. oppositifolium as a synonym for C. glaciale , but he considered C. oppositifolium in the sense of Baumgarten, not in the original sense of Linnaeus. In turn, Baumgarten (1816a) on page 338, mentioned glabrous plants with slightly dentate leaves from Romania (i.e. C. alpinum , not C. oppositifolium ). Hence, after analysis of the original protologues, it looks like both species, C. glaciale and C. rosulare , should be interpreted as synonyms of C. alpinum .