Hedera helix L., 1753
Common names
- 🇬🇧 English ivy, Common ivy, European ivy, Ivy, Needlepoint ivy, Ripple ivy
- 🇫🇷 Lierre grimpant, Herbe de saint Jean, Lierre commun
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Superasterids
- Clade: Asterids
- Clade: Campanulids
- Order: Apiales
- Family: Araliaceae
- Subfamily: Aralioideae
- Genus: Hedera
- Species: Hedera helix
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Global): LC Least Concern
Notes
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- H. helix subsp. caucasigena (Pojark.) Takht. & Mulk., 1973;
- H. helix subsp. helix
- f. helix L., 1753, P;
- f. poetarum (Nicotra) McAll. & A.Rutherf., 1993;
- H. helix subsp. leucoclina Cayet, Coulomb & Grégoire, 2022;
- H. helix subsp. pavonii Cayet, Coulomb & Grégoire, 2022;
- H. helix subsp. rhizomatifera McAll., 1993.
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Sources
Khela, S. (2012). Hedera helix (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2012. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202964/2758285
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 373). Biotope.