Gypsophila elegans

Gypsophila elegans

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Caryophylleae
Genus: Gypsophila
Subgenus: Gypsophila subg. Gypsophila
Species: Gypsophila elegans

Name

Gypsophila elegans M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 319 (1808).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Arenaria pulchella Hoffm., Hort. Mosq.: 4 (1808).
  • Gypsophila carminea Anon., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 48: 66 (1910).
  • Gypsophila ceballosi Pau & Vicioso, Bol. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 483 (1919).
  • Gypsophila elegans var. latipetala Barkoudah, Wentia 9: 135 (1962).
  • Gypsophila producta Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 51: 12 (1886).
  • Silene elegans E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 5: 104 (1901), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Ukraine, Crimea Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Caucasus Northern Caucasus, Transcaucausus (Armenia, Gruziya, Azerbaijan). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bieberstein, F.A.M.v. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica, exhibens stirpes phaenogamas :in Chersoneso Taurica et regionibus caucasicis sponte crescentes. Tomus 1. 429 pp. Charkouiae [Kharkov], Typis Academicis. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Gypsophila elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Gypsophila elegans. Published online. Accessed: April 18 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Gypsophila elegans. Accessed: 18 April 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Gypsophila elegans. 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 April 18. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Showy baby's-breath
eesti: Kaunis kipslill
suomi: Kesäharso

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