Catananche

Catananche caerulea

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: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Scolyminae
Genus: Catananche
Species: C. arenaria – C. caerulea – C. caespitosa – C. lutea – C. montana

Name

Catananche L., Sp. Pl. 2: 812 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 354 (1754).

• Type species: Catananche lutea L., Sp. Pl. 2: 812. (1753) (lectotype, designated by M.L. Green in Sprague et al., Nom. Prop. Brit. Bot. 178 (Aug 1929)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cupidone Lemaire in A.C.V.D. Orbigny, Dict. Universel Hist. Nat. 4: 464 (1849).
  • Catanance St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 531 (1889), orth. var.
  • Cupidonia Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 47 (1899).
• Heterotypic
  • Piptocephalum Sch.Bip., Bonplandia (Hannover) 8: 369 (1860).
    • Type species: non design.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain (introduced). Regional: Middle Europe Germany. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Regional: West Tropical Africa Mauritania. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Malesia Jawa (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 812. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 354. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Catananche in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Catananche. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Catananche. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Catananche. Accessed: 31 Jan 2023.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Catananche in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 31.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Catananche in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2023 Jan 31.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Rasselblumen
English: Cupid's Dart
suomi: Katanat
עברית: אוזן-גדי
italiano: Cupidone
русский: Катананхе
svenska: Gräsfibblesläktet

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