Knautia orientalis

Taxonavigation

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

Knautia orientalis L., Sp. Pl.: 101 (1753).

Homotypic
- Scabiosa orientalis (L.) Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 9 (1816).
Heterotypic
- Knautia propontica L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1666 (1763).
- Knautia trichotoma Moench, Methodus: 487 (1794).
- Scabiosa propontica (L.) Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 9 (1816).

Knautia orientalis d'Urv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 270 (1822). = Knautia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey-in-Europe. Asia-Temperate Caucasus Transcaucasus. Western Asia Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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