Legousia

Legousia speculum-veneris (Typus)

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: Campanulaceae
Subfamilia: Campanuloideae
Genus: Legousia
Species: L. falcata – L. hybrida – L. julianii – L. pentagonia – L. snogerupii – L. speculum-veneris

Name

Legousia Durande, Fl. Bourgogne 1: 37 (1782).

• Type species: Legousia arvensis Durande, Fl. Bourgogne 1: 37 (1782), nom. superfl. (= Legousia speculum-veneris (L.) Chaix in D.Villars, Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 1: 338 (1786).)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Specularia Heist. ex A.DC., Monogr. Campan.: 344 (1830), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Apenula Neck., Elem. Bot. 1: 234 (1790).
  • Legouzia Delarbre, Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2: 45 (1800), orth. var.
  • Pentagonia Möhring ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 381 (1891), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (introduced), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt (introduced), Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Durande, J.-F. 1782. Flore de Bourgogne 1: 37. 1782.

Additional references

• Wahlsteen, E. & Tyler, T. 2019. Morphometric analyses and species delimitation in Legousia (Campanulaceae). Willdenowia 49(1): 21–33. DOI: 10.3372/wi.49.49104 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Legousia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Legousia. Published online. Accessed: January 15 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Legousia. Accessed: 15 January 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Legousia. 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 January 15. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Neidonpeilit

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