Cressa cretica

Cressa cretica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Cresseae
Genus: Cressa
Species: Cressa cretica

Name

Cressa cretica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 223 (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cressa monosperma Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 33 (1812), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Cressa humifusa Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 268 (1779).
  • Cressa indica Retz., Observ. Bot. 4: 24 (1786).
  • Cressa villosa Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 372 (1820).
  • Cressa cretica var. indica (Retz.) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 440 (1845).
  • Cressa cretica var. villosa (Hoffmanns. & Link) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 440 (1845).
  • Cressa cretica var. salina J.A.Schmidt, Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins.: 229 (1852).
  • Cressa intermedia T.Anderson, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 32 (1860).
  • Cressa loscosii Trémols in F.Loscos & H.Y.Bernál, Trat. Pl. Aragon 1: 38 (1877).
  • Cressa microphylla St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 63 (1880).
  • Cressa ballii Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie: 629 (1890).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Baleares, Bulgaria, Corsica, France, Croatia, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Cyprus (E-Cyprus, S-Cyprus) Continental: Asia-Temperate Northern Caucasus, Armenia, Georgia [Caucasus], Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, NW-India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Waziristan, Kurram, N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab), Turkey (S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia), Bahrain, Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt, SE-Egypt), Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, S-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Negev Desert, S-Negev Desert), Kuwait, Oman (Dhofar), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Rub al Khali, Asir, Nejd Desert), Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai, S-Sinai), Qatar, Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, Jazira), United Arab Emirates, Yemen (coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, Tihama), Afghanistan (Balkh, Helmand, Herat) Continental: Africa Algeria, Sahara, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Kenya, Djibouti, Somalia, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Socotra, Senegal, Angola, Mali, Guinea, Madagascar, Cape Verde Isl. (Sal Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 223. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

தமிழ்: உப்பு மரிக்கொழுந்து

Links

• Hassler, M. 2017. Cressa cretica. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Apr. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Cressa cretica. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 21 2017.

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