Bellardia (Scrophulariaceae)

Bellardia trixago

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Rhinantheae
Genus: Bellardia
Species: B. trixago

Name

Bellardia All. 1785

• monotypic taxon

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Lasiopera Hoffmanns. & Link in Fl. Portug. 1: 298 (1813)
  • Trixago Steven in Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 6: 4 (1823)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia, France, Portugal, Spain Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Is., Madeira Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces Regional: Easthern Africa Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan Continental: Asia-temperate Regional: Southwestern Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey Regional: Peninsular Arabia Saudi Arabia, Yemen Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus, Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, California, Chile Central, Louisiana, Peru, Tasmania, Texas, Uruguay References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Allioni, C. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii. Tomus primus. 344 pp. Augustae Taurinorum. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1: 61.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2). 492 pp., MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Bellardia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Bellardia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Feb. 2014.

Vernacular names

English: Lineseed