Galactites tomentosus

Galactites tomentosus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Carduinae
Genus: Galactites
Species: Galactites tomentosus

Name

Galactites tomentosus Moench, Methodus: 558 (1794). nom. cons., (as “Galactites tomentosa”, but auto-corrected under Art. 62.4 ICN)

• "Habitat in Europa australi."
• Lectotypus (designated by Turland in Jarvis & Turland, Taxon 47: 357 (1998)): Herb. Burser XXI: 42 (UPS).

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Centaurea galactites L., Sp. Pl. 2: 919 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Lupsia galactites (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 352 (1891).
  • Calcitrapa galactites (L.) Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 30 (1779).
  • Cnicus galactites (L.) Loisel., Fl. Gall. 538 (1807).
  • Galactites galactites Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 8(6): 917, in obs (1929). nom. inval.
  • Galactites tomentosus var. typicus Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 19: 57 (1928). nom. inval. (as “var. typica”)
  • Carduus galactites (L.) Chaub. in Bory & Chaub., Nouv. Fl. Péloponn., 56 (1838), non Lam. (1785).
  • Cirsium galactites (L.) Hill, Hort. Kew. 64 (1768).
  • Crocodilium galactites (L.) Dum.Cours. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 1: 441 (1840).

• Heterotypic
  • Centaurea elegans All., Fl. Pedem. 1: 163 (1785). nom. rej.
    • Lectotypus (designated by Soldano in Rivista Piemont. Storia Nat. 12: 21–23 (1991)): France, Alpes Maritimes: “ad Sacellum S. Angeli ... Villafr:[anca] Nic.[aeensis]”, in Herb. Allioni (TO).
    • Galactites elegans (All.) Nyman ex Soldano, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 131: 249 (1991). nom. rej.
    • Lupsia galactites var. elegans (All.) Fiori in Fiori & Paol., Fl. Italia 3: 379 (1904).
    • Galactites tomentosus var. elegans (All.) DC., Prodr. 6: 617 (1838).
  • Galactites lomaxi Pau, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 22: 87 (1893).
  • Cirsium microcephalum Sch.Bip., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 8: 246 (1858). nom. illeg.
  • Carduus orgyalis Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 153 (1821).
  • Cnicus orientalis Willd., Sp. Pl., 3 (3) : 1670 (1803).
    • Serratula orientalis (Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 565 (1805).
    • Carduus orientalis (Willd.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 387 (1807).
    • Cirsium orientale (Willd.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 3: 373 (1826).
  • Galactites pumilus Porta, Atti Imp. Regia Accad. Roveretana ser. 2 9: 39 (1892).
  • Carduus pungens Pers. ex DC., Prodr. 6: 643 (1838).
  • Cnicus rectus Hort.Par. ex DC., Prodr. 6: 659 (1838).
  • Cirsium rheginum Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 77 (1815).
  • Cirsium siculum Spreng., Neue Entd. 3: 36 (1822).
  • Galactites souliei Sennen & Pau, Bull. Géogr. Bot. 21: 115 (1911). pro hybrid.
  • Cirsium strictum Moris, Stirp. Sard. Elench. 1: 27 (1827).
  • Carduus strictus Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 154 (1821).
  • Galactites tomentosus var. alatus DC., Prodr., 6: 617 (1838). (as “var. alata”)
  • Galactites tomentosus f. albiflorus Sennen, in sched., nom. nud.
  • Galactites tomentosus var. albiflorus (Fiori) N.Terracc. ex Goiran, Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital., ser. 2, 14: 541 (1907). (as “var. albiflora”)
  • Galactites tomentosus var. caeruleus Nicotra, Prodr. Fl. Messan. 264 (1878). (as “var. coerulea”)
  • Galactites tomentosus var. crinitus Lowe, Man. Fl. Madeira 496 (1868). (as “var. crinita”)
  • Galactites tomentosus var. decurrens Sennen & Pau, in sched., nom. nud.
  • Galactites tomentosus var. integrifolius Boiss., Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 355 (1841).
  • Galactites tomentosus var. macrophyllus Rouy, Fl. Fr. 8: 374 (1903). (as “var. macrophylla”)
  • Galactites tomentosus var. microcephalus Borja, in sched., nom. nud.
  • Galactites tomentosus var. praecox E.Rev., in sched., nom. nud.
  • Galactites tomentosus var. robustus Cout., Fl. Portugal 651 (1913). nom. nud.
  • Galactites tomentosa f. rosea Briq. & Cavill., Fl. Alpes Marit. 7: 5 (1931).

Note:

"Galactites hillii F.Muell." and "Lupsia hillii (F.Muell.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl.: 120 (1891)" (Catalogue of Life) concern Gouania hillii F.Muell., Fragm. 8(66): 163 (1874) and Lupulus hillii (F.Muell.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 120 (1891) (Rhamnaceae).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain (casual). Regional: Middle Europe Germany (casual). Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares (Ibiza & Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Malta, Sicily), Yugoslavia (Montenegro). Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores (Faial, Graciosa, Pico, Sao Jorge, Sao Miguel, Sta. Maria, Terceira; naturalized), Canary Islands (El Hierro, Gomera, La Palma, Tenerife; doubtfully native), Madeira (Porto Santo Isl., Madeira Isl., Ilhas Desertas). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Moench, C. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis vol. 1–2, 780 pp., Marburgi Cattorum: Nova Libraria Academiae. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.304 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Devesa Alcaraz, J.A. 2015. Galactites. Pp. 101–106 in Castroviejo, S.†, Devesa Alcaraz, J.A., Quintanar, A. & García, M.Á. (eds.), Flora Ibérica. Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XVI(I). Compositae (partim). xlviii + 734 pp., Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid. ISBN 978-84-00-09883-4. PDF Reference page. , Webpage
• 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, p. 274. PDF Online. Reference page. 
• Jarvis, C.E. & Turland, N.J. (eds.) 1998. Typification of Linnaean specific and varietal names in the Compositae (Asteraceae). Taxon 47(2): 347–370. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Soldano, A. 1991. Paternità del nome e tipificazione di Galactites elegans (Dicotiledoneae, Asteraceae). Rivista piemontese di storia naturale 12: 21–23. PDF. Reference page. 
• Turland, N.J. 2005. (1677) Proposal to conserve the name Galactites tomentosa against Centaurea elegans (Compositae). Taxon 54(1): 202–203. DOI: 10.2307/25065328, JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Galactites tomentosus. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2016 09 17.
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Galactites tomentosus. Published online. Accessed: 23 Sept 2016.
• Plant List 2010. Missouri Botanical Garden and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Version 1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Sep 23.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Galactites tomentosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 12. Reference page. 
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Galactites tomentosus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 12.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Galactites tomentosa. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 12. Reference page. 
• Hand, R., Thieme, M. & collborators 2024. Florenliste von Deutschland – Gefäßpflanzen, Version 14. March 2024. Founded by Karl Peter Buttler, published on the internet (https://www.florenliste-deutschland.de). Reference page. 

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