Systematics Taxonomic history The genus name Eryngium was established by Linnaeus in 1753 where he mentioned eight species, including two from America (E. aquaticum, E. foetidum). Linnaeus, in Genera Plantarum (1754), cited his source of the name Eryngium as being from Joseph Tournefort’s Institutiones rei herbariae (1700). The name itself has an Ancient Greek origin as eryggion (ερυγγιον). Wörz, A. (2011). Revision of Eryngium L. (Apiaceae - Saniculoideae): general part and Palaearctic species. Bibliotheca Botanica 159 1-498.
Systematics Taxonomic history The genus name Eryngium was es.tablished by Linnaeus in 1753 where he mentioned eight species, including two from America (E. aquaticum, E. foetidum). Linnaeus, in Genera Plantarum (1754), cited his source of the name Eryngium as being from Joseph Tournefort’s Institutiones rei herbariae (1700). The name itself has an Ancient Greek origin as eryggion (ερυγγιον). Wörz, A. (2011) Revision of Eryngium L. (Apiaceae - Saniculoideae): general part and Palaearctic species. Bibliotheca Botanica 159 1-498.