Cistanche tubulosa

Cistanche tubulosa

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: Cistanche tubulosa

Name

Cistanche tubulosa (Schrenk) Wight ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 324 (1884).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Phelypaea tubulosa Schenk, Pl. Spec. Aegypt.: 23 (1840).
• Heterotypic
  • Orobanche tinctoria Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 112 (1775).
    • Phelypaea tinctoria (Forssk.) Brot., Phytogr. Lusitan. Select. 1: 36 (1816 publ. 1817).
    • Cistanche tinctoria (Forssk.) Beck, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 685 (1904), tentatively listed as a synonym.

• • Lathraea quinquefida Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 111 (1775).
  • Orobanche insignis E.D.Clarke, Travels Eur. Asia & Africa 3: 42 (1813).
    • Phelypaea insignis (E.D.Clarke) Dumort., Comment. Bot.: 18 (1822).
  • Orobanche calotropidis Edgew., J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 285 (1840).
    • Cistanche calotropidis (Edgew.) Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1420 (1850).
  • Phelypaea calotropidis Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 3: 462 (1844).
  • Cistanche lutea Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4(3): 4 (1849), sensu auct.
  • Cistanche tubulosa var. tomentosa Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 324 (1884).
    • Cistanche calotropidis var. tomentosa (Hook.f.) Beck in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 261: 34 (1930).
  • Cistanche carnosa Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 651 (1907).
  • Cistanche tubulosa f. albiflora Gilli, Publ. Cairo Univ. Herb. 5: 87 (1972 publ. 1974).
    • Cistanche tubulosa var. albiflora (Gilli) Hadidy in L.Boulos, Fl. Egypt Checklist: 141 (1995).
  • Cistanche tubulosa subsp. palustris S.Dutta, H.Rodrigues & Chakral, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 42: 32 (2018 publ. 2019).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt, Libya. 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, Turkmenistan. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. 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

• Hooker, J.D., assisted by various botanists, 1883–1885. The Flora of British India. Vol. 4. Asciepiadeae to Amarantaceae. 780 pp. London: L. Reeve. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2013. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 5: Dicotyledoneae: Oleaceae – Zygophyllaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0128-5, 451 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cistanche tubulosa 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Cistanche tubulosa. Published online. Accessed: November 03 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cistanche tubulosa. Accessed: 03 November 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Cistanche tubulosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 November 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cistanche tubulosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Desert hyacinth
ગુજરાતી: બુબલો, બુંબલો
日本語: カンカニクジュヨウ
ქართული: Сары цистанхе
kfr: જુગડો
中文: 管花肉苁蓉

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