Knautia ambigua

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Dipsacoideae
Tribus: Knautieae
Genus: Knautia
Subgenus: K. subg. Trichera
Species: Knautia ambigua

Name

Knautia ambigua Boiss. & Orph. in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 6: 95 (1859).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Trichera ambigua (Boiss. & Orph.) Nyman, Syll. Fl. Eur., Suppl.: 14 (1865).
• Heterotypic
  • Scabiosa frivaldskyi Steud., Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 525 (1841).
  • Knautia ochroleuca Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 129 (1875).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Yugoslavia (Northern Macedonia). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1976. Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). xxix + 505 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-08717-1. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) 1986. Med-Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries. Vol. 3: Dicotyledones (Convolvulaceae – Labiatae). cxxix + 395 pp., Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique, Genève, ISBN 2-8277-0153-7. Online version. Reference page. 
• Kokkini, S. 1991. Knautia. Pp. 354–358 in Strid, A. & Tan, K. (eds.), Mountain Flora of Greece. Volume Two. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 974 pp. ISBN 0-7486-0207-0. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Knautia ambigua. Published online. Accessed: 21 September 2019.