Cephalaria gigantea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Dipsacoideae
Tribus: Dipsaceae
Genus: Cephalaria
Subgenus: C. subg. Cephalaria
Species: Cephalaria gigantea

Cephalaria gigantea (Ledeb.) Bobrov, Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 17: 490 (1932).

Basionym
- Scabiosa gigantea Ledeb., Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1811(Suppl.): 4 (1811).
Heterotypic
- Cephalaria caucasica Litv., Spisok Rast. Gerb. Russk. Fl. Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 6: 156 (1908).
- Cephalaria elata (Hornem.) Schrad., Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1814: 2 (1814).
- Cephalaria sosnowskyi Kolak., Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 10: 111 (1941).
- Cerionanthus tataricus Schott ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 51 (1818).
- Lepicephalus atratus Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 7 (1816).
- Lepicephalus caucasicus (Litv.) Litv., Trudy Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 15: 153 (1916).
- Lepicephalus giganteus Bobrov, Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 17: 490 (1932).
- Lepicephalus tartarica Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 8 (1816).
- Pycnocomon tataricum Wallr., Sched. Crit.: 46 (1822).
- Scabiosa alpina Georgi, Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich, Nachtr.: 259 (1802).
- Scabiosa altissima Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 6 (1768).
- Scabiosa atrata Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 7 (1816).
- Scabiosa dipsacoides Boiss. ex Tchich., Asie Min., Bot. 2: 229 (1860).
- Scabiosa elata Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 126 (1813).
- Succisa tatarica (Wallr.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 1: 378 (1824).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Northern Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia [Caucasus], Turkey (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Hassler, M. 2022. Cephalaria gigantea. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 15. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cephalaria gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cephalaria gigantea. Published online. Accessed: 15 March 2022.

English: Giant scabious
suomi: Kaukasiankirahvinkukka
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