Lomelosia caucasica

Lomelosia caucasica

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 caucasica

Name

Lomelosia caucasica (M.Bieb.) Greuter & Burdet, Willdenowia 15(1): 73. 1985.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scabiosa caucasica M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 98. 1808.
• Homotypic
  • Asterocephalus caucasicus (M.Bieb.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 1: 381. 1824.
  • Sclerostemma caucasicum (M.Bieb.) Schott in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis, 3: 84. 1818, nom. inval. pro syn. (IPNI, POWO etc: “K.P.J.Sprengel, Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 3: 84. 1826.”)
  • Trochocephalus caucasicus (M.Bieb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Preslia 46: 133. 1974.
• Heterotypic
  • Scabiosa caucasea Sims, Bot. Mag. 23: t. 886. 1805.
  • Scabiosa elegans Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 24. 1815.
    • Asterocephalus elegans (Spreng.) Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 8. 1816.
  • Scabiosa caerulea Kielm., Diss. Pl. Hort. Tuebing. 16. 1814.
  • Scabiosa grandiflora Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 525. 1841, nom. illeg. non Scop. nec Guss.
  • Scabiosa connata Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 128. 1813.
  • Sclerostemma connatum Schott in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis, 3: 84. 1818, nom. inval. pro syn. (IPNI, POWO etc: “K.P.J.Sprengel, Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 3: 84. 1826.”)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Northern Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya). Regional: Western Asia Iran (N-Iran), Turkey (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia). 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. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Lomelosia caucasica. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lomelosia caucasica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lomelosia caucasica. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Lomelosia caucasica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lomelosia caucasica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Lomelosia caucasica in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22.

Vernacular names

English: Caucasian Scabious, Caucasian Pincushion Flower
suomi: Kaukasiantörmäkukka
polski: Driakiew Kaukaska, Wdówka
Türkçe: Çok yıllık uyuz otu

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