Cistanche

Cistanche tubulosa

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: Orobancheae
Genus: Cistanche
Species: C. aethiopica – C. afghanica – C. armena – C. christisonioides – C. compacta – C. deserticola – C. feddeana – C. fissa – C. flava – C. lanzhouensis – C. laxiflora – C. lutea – C. mauritanica – C. mongolica – C. phelypaea – C. ridgewayana – C. rosea – C. salsa – C. sinensis – C. speciosa – C. stenostachya – C. trivalvis – C. tubulosa – C. violacea

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cistanche in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 November 03. Reference page.

Name

Cistanche Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 318 (1809).

• Type species: Not designated. [only taxon mentioned in the protologue: Cistanche lutea (Desf.) Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 319 (1813), nom. illeg. = Cistanche phelypaea]

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Haemodoron Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 212b (1828).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe France (introduced), Portugal, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Kriti. Regional: Eastern Europe East European Russia, South European Russia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Selvagens. Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Mozambique. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, China North-Central, Qinghai, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Pakistan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hoffmannsegg, J.C. & Link, H.F. 1809–1820. Flore Portugaise ou description de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en Portugal. Vol. 1. [i–viii], [1]–54, 59–458 p. Berlin: Amelang. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cistanche in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cistanche. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cistanche. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cistanche. Accessed: 15 Dec 2021.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Sistanxe
Esperanto: Cistanĉo
עברית: יחנוק המדבר
русский: Цистанхе

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