Rhaponticum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Centaureinae
Genus: Rhaponticum
Species: R. acaule – R. altaicum – R. annae-bentiae – R. aulieatense – R. australe – R. berardioides – R. canariense – R. carthamoides – R. centauroides – R. chinense – R. coniferum – R. cossonianum – R. exaltatum – R. heleniifolium – R. insignis – R. integrifolium – R. karatavicum – R. longifolium – R. lyratum – R. namanganicum – R. nanum – R. nitidum – R. pulchrum – R. pygmaeum – R. repens – R. scariosum – R. uniflorum

Name

Rhaponticum Ludwig, Inst. Reg. Veg., ed. 2: 123. (1757), nom. et typ. cons. Wilson (2017) after split NCVP vote Applequist (2017)

Type: Centaurea rhapontica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 915. (1753) vide Rhaponticum scariosum subsp. rhaponticum (L.) Greuter, Willdenowia 35: 237. (2005)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Centaurium Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helv. 1: 69 (1768), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Acroptilon Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 50: 464 (1827)
- Fornicium Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1819: 93 (1819)
- Klaseopsis L.Martins, Taxon 55: 974 (2006)
- Leuzea DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 109 (1805)
- Malacocephalus Tausch, Flora 11: 481 (1828)
- Rhapontica Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 47 (1762)
- Stemmacantha Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 12 (1817)

Homonyms

Rhaponticum Haller, Enum. Stirp. Helv. 2: 687 (1742), nom. inval., pre 1753
Rhaponticum Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 117 (1763); Juss. Gen. 174 (1789) nom. illeg. hom.
Rhaponticum Vaill., Königl. Akad. Wiss. Paris Anat. Abh. 5: 177. (1754) nom. inval. Steinwehr, W.B.A. von (transl.), 1754–1760. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Paris Anat. Abh., vols. 5-7: suppressed work for Genera and species names. See Brummitt (2008)

Note: See discussion page.

References

Primary references

Ludwig, C.G. 1757. Institutiones Historico-Physicae Regni Vegetabilis. Edition 2. 123.
Brummitt, R. K. 2008. Proposal to add the 1754–1756 German translation of S. Vaillant, Établissement de nouveaux caractères de trois familles, 1719–1725, to the “Opera utique oppressa”. Taxon 57: 663.
Applequist, W.L. 2017. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants. 69. Taxon 66(2): 500–513.
Greuter, W.R. 2008. (1839-1842) Proposals to conserve the names Leysera against Asteropterus, Volutaria against Amberboi, Rhaponticum with a conserved type, and Rhaponticoides against Bielzia (Compositae). Taxon 57(3): 1001.
Wilson, K.L. 2017. Report of the General Committee: 18. Taxon 66(3): 742–744.

Additional references

Hidalgo, O., Garcia-Jacas, N., Garnatje, T. & Susanna, A. 2006. Phylogeny of Rhaponticum (Asteraceae, Cardueae–Centaureinae) and related genera inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data: taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Annals of Botany 97(5): 705–714. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl029 Reference page.
Hind, D.J.N. 2019. Leuzea repens, a new combination (Compositae: Cardueae: Centaureinae). Kew Bulletin 74(2, 20): 1–5. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-019-9809-2 Reference page.
Martins, L. 2006. Klaseopsis and Archiserratula: Two New Genera Segregated from Serratula (Compositae, Cardueae). Taxon 55(4): 973–976. DOI: 10.2307/25065691 JSTOR Reference page.
Martins, L. 2006. Systematics and biogeography of Klasea (Asteraceae–Cardueae) and a synopsis of the genus. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152(4): 435–464. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00583.x Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rhaponticum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sept. 28. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Rhaponticum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sept. 28. Reference page. Yet to be updated.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Rhaponticum. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 28 2023.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Zəfəranabənzər levzey
башҡортса: Марал тамыры
català: Rapòntic
Deutsch: Bergscharten
English: Maral Root
français: Rhapontique
italiano: Fiordaliso
қазақша: Левзея
polski: Szczodrak krokoszowaty
русский: Левзея

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