Filago desertorum

Taxonavigation

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

Filago desertorum Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 46 (1874).

Lectotype (designated by G. Wagenitz, Willdenowia 4: 284 (1968)): “Djebel-Amour, El Abiod, Metlil”, 31 Mar 1862, Pomel MPU 004840; syntypes: P 00084151, MPU 004838, MPU 004839).

Homotypic
- Filago spathulata var. desertorum (Pomel) Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 441 (1889).
- Filago spathulata f. desertorum (Pomel) Pamp., Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti 92: 234 (1932).
- Filago germanica var. desertorum (Pomel) Jahand. & Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 3: 745 (1934).
Heterotypic
- Filago numidica Pomel, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 35: 336 (1888).
  - Gifola numidica (Pomel) Chrtek & Holub, Preslia 35: 6 (1963).
- Filago spathulata var. alexandrina Bornm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 41 (1922).
- Filago spathulata f. evaciformis Bornm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 41 (1922).
- Filago spathulata subvar. lancifolia Bornm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 43 (1922).
- Evax mauritanica var. cyrenaica Pamp., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 962 (1927).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Spain.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt (Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, NW-coastal Egypt, SE-Egypt), Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan)
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan (Farah, Helmand, Kandahar), Iran (N-Iran: Mts., NW-Iran: Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran: Mts.), Iraq (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Lebanon-Syria (Syria: C-Syrian Desert, NE-Syria: Jazira, NW-Syria), Palestine (Israel: C-Israel, E-Israel: Rift Valley, N-Negev Desert, SC-Israel: Judean Desert, S-Negev Desert, Negev Desert, coastal W-Israel; Jordan: S-Jordan, W-Jordan), Sinai (Central Sinai, Northern Sinai, Southern Sinai).
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States (United Arab Emirates), Saudi Arabia (SW-Saudi Arabia: Asir, C-Saudi Arabia, Dahana, E-Saudi Arabia, Nejd Desert, Rub to Khali Desert).
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Pakistan (N.W.Frontier Prov., Peshawar).

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2011. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 2: Dicotyledoneae: Acanthaceae – Asteraceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0123-0, 428 pp. PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Filago desertorum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Filago desertorum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Apr 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Filago desertorum. Published online. Accessed: 26 Apr 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Filago desertorum. 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 Apr 26. Reference page.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Filago desertorum in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr 26.

Deutsch: Wüsten-Filzkraut
español: Yesquerilla rastrera

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