Crocodilium

Crocodilium pumilio

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Centaureinae
Genus: Crocodilium
Species: C. creticum – C. crocodylium – C. pumilio

Name

Crocodilium Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 29 (1762).

• Type species: Crocodilium crocodylium Hill, Hort. Kew. 63 (1768).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Crocodylium Hill, Hort. Kew. 63 (1769), orth. var.
  • Centaurea sect. Crocodylium (Hill) DC., Prodr. 6: 591 (1838).
• Heterotypic
  • Aegialophila Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 105 (1849).

References

Primary references

• Hill, J. 1762. The Vegetable System 4: 22 (page 29 in the translation)

Additional references

• Altınordu‬, F. & Ferrer Gallego, P.P. 2015. Typification of the Linnaean name Centaurea crocodylium (Asteraceae). Phytotaxa 236(3): 299–300. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.236.3.14 Reference page. 
• Font, M., Garnatje, T. Garcia-Jacas, N. & Susanna, A. 2002. Delineation and phylogeny of Centaurea sect. Acrocentron based on DNA sequences: a restoration of the genus Crocodylium and indirect evidence of introgression. Plant Systematics and Evolution 234(1–4): 14–26. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0203-3 Academia Reference page. 

Links

• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Crocodilium in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 12.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Crocodylium. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Crocodilium. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 20 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Crocodilium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Crocodilium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Crocodilium. Accessed: 13 Oct 2021.

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