Forsskaolea tenacissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Forsskaolea tenacissima L., Opobalsamum 18 (1764), as "Forsskålea"

Type locality: Arabia Felix: arid waste lands, sandy clay gravelly soils, to 1200 m.
Holotype: Forsskål, P. #s.n.

Homotypic
- Chamaedryfolia tenacissima (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 625. (1891)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Caidbeja adhaerens Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 82. (1775)
  - Type locality: Egypt. Cairo.
  - Holotype: 1761, Forsskål, P.. Isotypes: #1039 C10001905, #775 C10001906.
- Forsskaolea cossoniana Webb, Otia Hispan., new ed.: 49. t. 45. (1853)
  - Type locality: Spain. Santa Fe, province d'Almeria.
  - Holotype: 1851-05-14, Bourgeau, E. #1486. G00354264, G00354267.
(+ ref. Hassler 2019)
- Forsskaolea latifolia Retz., Observ. Bot. (Retzius) 3: 31 (1783).
- Forsskaolea tenacissima var. cossoniana (Webb) Wedd., Prodr. (DC.) 16(1): 235 (1869)
- Forsskaolea tenacissima var. erythraea A.Terracc.
  - Type locality: Eritrea. Baia di Anfila: Terra ferma.
  - Holotype: 1892-03-23, Terracciano A.. FT000927

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Southwestern Europe
  - Spain
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara
- West Tropical Africa
  - Mali, Mauritania, Niger
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
Asia-Temperate
- Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Iran, Palestine, Sinai
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - India, Pakistan

Linnaeus, C. & Le Moine, W. 1764. Opobalsamum declaratum in dissertatione medica ... sub praesidio ... Caroli von Linné ... submittit ... Wilhelmus Le Moine ... Upsaliae. 19 pp. Hathitrust . Reference page. : 18
Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 625
Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : 82

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Forsskaolea tenacissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 21. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Forsskaolea tenacissima. 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 Nov. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Forsskaolea tenacissima. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Forsskaolea tenacissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2019.