Cistanche violacea

Cistanche violacea

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 violacea

Name

Cistanche violacea (Desf.) Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 320 (1813).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Phelypaea violacea Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 60 (1798).
• Homotypic
  • Orobanche phelypaea Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 352 (1800), nom. illeg.
  • Orobanche violacea (Desf.) Wallr., Orobanches Gen. Diask.: 70 (1825).
• Heterotypic
  • Cistanche hybrida Beck in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 261: 31 (1930).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Regional: West Tropical Africa Mauritania. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia. 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. 

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 violacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 November 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Cistanche violacea. Published online. Accessed: November 04 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cistanche violacea. Accessed: 04 November 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Cistanche violacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 November 2024.

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