Cynomorium

Taxonavigation

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

Cynomorium L., Sp. Pl.: 970 (1753).

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Italy, Sicilia.
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Macaronesia
  - Canary Is.
- West Tropical Africa
  - Mauritania.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Somalia
Asia-Temperate
- Siberia
  - Altay.
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
- Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai.
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Saudi Arabia
- China
  - China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Xinjiang.
- Mongolia
  - Mongolia.

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 970

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cynomorium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cynomorium. Published online. Accessed: May 25 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Cynomorium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 May 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cynomorium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 25-May-23.

English: Maltese Fungus, Maltese Mushroom, Desert Thumb, Red Thumb