Lomelosia calocephala

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: Lomelosieae
Genus: Lomelosia
Sectio: L. sect. Lomelosia
Species: Lomelosia calocephala

Name

Lomelosia calocephala (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet, Willdenowia 15: 73 (1985).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scabiosa calocephala Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 80 (1849).
• Homotypic
  • Scabiosa palaestina var. calocephala (Boiss.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 145 (1875).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Greuter, W. & Raus, Th. (eds.) 1985. Med-Checklist Notulae, 11. Willdenowia 15(1): 61–84. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Boissier, P.E. 1849. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1, no. 10. 122 pp., Parisiis [Paris]: Typis Marci Ducloux et Cons. MDZ Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lomelosia calocephala in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.