Plocama calabrica

Plocama calabrica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Putorieae
Genus: Plocama
Species: Plocama calabrica

Name

Plocama calabrica (L.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin, Taxon 56: 516 (2007).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Asperula calabrica L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 120 (1782).
• Homotypic
  • Sherardia foetida Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 267 (1792), nom. superfl.
  • Asperula foetida (Lam.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 524 (1805), nom. superfl.
  • Ernodea montana Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 98 (1806), nom. superfl.
  • Ernodea calabrica (L.f.) Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 138 (1821).
  • Putoria calabrica (L.f.) DC., Prodr. 4: 577 (1830).
  • Putoria foetida (Lam.) A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 5: 160 (1834), nom. superfl.
  • Putoria calabrica var. eucalabrica Maire in É.Jahandiez & R.C.J.E.Maire, Cat. Pl. Maroc 3: 707 (1934), nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • Sherardia foetidissima Cirillo, Char. Comm.: 54 (1784).
    • Pavetta foetidissima (Cirillo) Cirillo, Pl. Rar. Neap. 1: 7 (1792).
  • Lonicera sicula Ucria, Nuova Racc. Opusc. Aut. Sicil. 6: 249 (1793).
  • Putoria balearica Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 67 (1841).
  • Putoria calabrica var. pubescens Lange in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 2: 300 (1868).
  • Putoria cymosa Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl.: 80 (1874).
  • Putoria hispanica Boiss. & Reut. in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 2: 108 (1856).
    • Putoria calabrica var. hispanica (Boiss. & Reut.) Litard. & Maire, Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 21-22: 36 (1929 publ. 1930).
    • Putoria calabrica subsp. hispanica (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 323 (1879).
  • Putoria calabrica var. gypsacea Nábělek, Spisy Prír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 35: 131 (1923).
  • Putoria calabrica var. atlantis Litard. & Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 4: 107 (1924).
  • Daphne skipetarum Halda, Preslia 53(4): 345 (1981).
  • Plocama calabrica var. alba Göktürk, O.D.Düșen, B.Gürcan & U.Sarpkaya, Acta Bot. Croat. 78: 143 (2019).
• Misapplied names
  • Asperula ciliata sec. POWO non Moench, Methodus: 484 (1794), nom. illeg. [given by POWO as synonym of Plocama calabrica, but in Moench with Asperula arvensis in synonymy and with a diagnosis fitting this species]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Backlund, M. & Thulin, M. 2007. Revision of the Mediterranean species of Plocama (Rubiaceae). Taxon 56(2): 516–520. DOI: 10.1002/tax.562022 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Backlund, M., Bremer, B. & Thulin, M. 2007. Paraphyly of Paederieae, recognition of Putorieae and expansion of Plocama (Rubiaceae-Rubioideae). Taxon 56(2): 315–328. DOI: 10.1002/tax.562006 JSTOR ResearchGate PDF Reference page. 
• Tan, K. 2017. Report 131. “Daphne skipetarum”. Pp. 431–433 in Vladimirov, V., Aybeke, M., Matevski, V. & Tan, K. (eds.), New floristic records in the Balkans: 34. Phytologia Balcanica 23(3): 413–444. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Plocama calabrica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Plocama calabrica. Published online. Accessed: January 1 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Plocama calabrica. Accessed: 1 January 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Plocama calabrica. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 1. Reference page. 

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