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, 2^nd 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.