Limeum

Limeum argute-carinatum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Limeaceae
Genus: Limeum
Species: L. aethiopicum – L. africanum – L. angustifolium – L. arabicum – L. arenicola – L. argute-carinatum – L. deserticola – L. diffusum – L. dinteri – L. fenestratum – L. fruticosum – L. humifusum – L. humile – L. katangense – L. madagascariense – L. myosotis – L. obovatum – L. pauciflorum – L. praetermissum – L. pterocarpum – L. rhombifolium – L. subnudum – L. sulcatum – L. telephioides – L. viscosum

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Limeum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 06. Reference page.

Name

Limeum L., 1759

• Type species: Limeum africanum L.

Synonyms

• Acanthocarpea Klotzsch, Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 137. t. 24 (1861)
• Dicarpaea J.Presl, Symb. Bot. 1: 37. t. 26 (1830)
• Ditroche E.Mey. ex Moq., DC. Prod. 13(2): 19 (1849)
• Gaudinia J.Gay, Bull. Ferussac, 18: 412 (1829)
• Linscotia Adans., Fam. 2: 269 (1763)
• Semonvillea J.Gay, Bull. Feruss. 18: 412 (1829)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces Regional: Tropical Africa Botswana, Burkina, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Free State, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania Regional: Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: Northern Africa Egypt, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Swaziland, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Pakistan Regional: Western Asia Iran References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 10, 2: 994, 1366

Additional references

• Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Limeum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 06. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Limeum. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Limeum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Limeum. Published online. Accessed: August 06 2022.

Vernacular names

العربية: ثمينة

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