Forsskaolea tenacissima

Forsskaolea tenacissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Urticaceae
Tribus: Forsskaoleae
Genus: Forsskaolea
Species: Forsskaolea tenacissima

Name

Forsskaolea tenacissima L., Opobalsamum 18 (1764), as "Forsskålea"

• Type locality: Arabia Felix: arid waste lands, sandy clay gravelly soils, to 1200 m.
• Holotype: Forsskål, P. #s.n.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chamaedryfolia tenacissima (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 625. (1891)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Caidbeja adhaerens Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 82. (1775)
    • Type locality: Egypt. Cairo.
    • Holotype: 1761, Forsskål, P.. Isotypes: #1039 C10001905, #775 C10001906.
  • Forsskaolea cossoniana Webb, Otia Hispan., new ed.: 49. t. 45. (1853)
    • Type locality: Spain. Santa Fe, province d'Almeria.
    • Holotype: 1851-05-14, Bourgeau, E. #1486. G00354264, G00354267.
• (+ ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Forsskaolea latifolia Retz., Observ. Bot. (Retzius) 3: 31 (1783).
  • Forsskaolea tenacissima var. cossoniana (Webb) Wedd., Prodr. (DC.) 16(1): 235 (1869)
  • Forsskaolea tenacissima var. erythraea A.Terracc.
    • Type locality: Eritrea. Baia di Anfila: Terra ferma.
    • Holotype: 1892-03-23, Terracciano A.. FT000927

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Southwestern Europe Spain Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara West Tropical Africa Mali, Mauritania, Niger Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan Asia-Temperate Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Palestine, Sinai Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India, Pakistan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. & Le Moine, W. 1764. Opobalsamum declaratum in dissertatione medica ... sub praesidio ... Caroli von Linné ... submittit ... Wilhelmus Le Moine ... Upsaliae. 19 pp. Hathitrust . Reference page. : 18
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 625
• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : 82

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Forsskaolea tenacissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Forsskaolea tenacissima. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Forsskaolea tenacissima. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Forsskaolea tenacissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2019.

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