Cephalaria leucantha

Cephalaria leucantha

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: Cephalaria subg. Fimbriatocarpus
Species: Cephalaria leucantha

Name

Cephalaria leucantha (L.) Schrad. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 3: 47 1818.

Synonyms

• Astrocephalus rigida Rafin.
• Cephalaria albescens (Willd.) Roem. & Schult.
• Cephalaria fragosoana Pau
• Cephalaria leucantha var. fragosoana (Pau) Maire
• Cephalaria leucanthema Roem. & Schult.
• Cerionanthus leucanthus (L.) Schott ex Roem. & Schult.
• Lepicephalus leucanthus (L.) Lag.
• Lepicephalus leucanthus (L.) Van Tiegh.
• Lepicephalus rigidus Van Tiegh.
• Leucopsora leucantha (L.) Rafin.
• Pycnocomon albescens (Willd.) Wallr.
• Pycnocomon boetica Boiss.
• Pycnocomon leucantha (L.) Wallr.
• Scabiosa albescens Willd.
• Scabiosa leucantha L.
• Scabiosa leucocephala Link
• Scabiosa rigida Mill.
• Succisa leucantha (L.) Moench

Homonyms

• Cephalaria leucantha Baumg. ex Nym. = Cephalaria radiata Griseb. & Schenk
• Cephalaria leucantha Ledeb. = Cephalaria uralensis (Murray) Roem. & Schult.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Albania, Corsica, France, Greece, S-Spain, Gibraltar, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, S-Portugal, Sardinia Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Morocco, Algeria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Schrader, H.A., 1818. Syst. Veg. 3:47.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Cephalaria leucantha. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cephalaria leucantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cephalaria leucantha. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 21 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cephalaria leucantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cephalaria leucantha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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