Amberboa

Amberboa moschata

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: Amberboa
Species: A. amberboi – A. bucharica – A. glauca – A. gubanovii – A. iljiniana – A. maroofii – A. moschata – A. nana – A. sosnovskyi – A. takhtajanii – A. turanica – A. zanjanica

Source(s) of checklist:
Hassler, M. 2018. Amberboa. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 02. Reference page.

Name

Amberboa (Pers.) Less., Syn. Gen. Compos.: 8 (1832), nom. cons.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Centaurea subg. Amberboa Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 481 (1805).
    • Type species: Amberboa moschata (L.) DC., Prodr. 6: 560 (Jan (prim.) 1838) (= Centaurea moschata L.), typ. cons.
• Homotypic
  • Amberboa Vaill., Königl. Akad. Wiss. Paris Phys. Abh. 5: 182 (1754), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Amberboia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 305 (1891), orth. var.
• Heterotypic
  • Chryseis Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 33 (Feb. 1817).
    • Type species: Chryseis odorata Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2. 9: 154 (1817), nom. illeg. (= Centaurea amberboi Mill.), nom. rej.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced) Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain. Regional: Middle Europe Czechoslovakia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey. Regional: China China North-Central (introduced), Xinjiang. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan (introduced). Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India (introduced), Pakistan. Regional: Indo-China Myanmar (introduced). Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Canada British Columbia (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lessing, C.F. 1832. Synopsis Generum Compositarum Earumque Dispositionis Novae Tentamen Monographiis Multarum Capensium Interjectis... 473 pp. Berolini [Berlin].. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Amberboa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Amberboa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Apr 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Amberboa. Published online. Accessed: 24 Apr 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Amberboa. Accessed: 24 Apr 2023.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Amberboa in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr 24.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Amberboa in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2023 Apr 24.

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