Lomelosia crenata

Lomelosia crenata

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 crenata
Subspecies: L. c. subsp. breviscapa – L. c. subsp. crenata – L. c. subsp. dallaportae – L. c. subsp. pseudisetensis

Name

Lomelosia crenata (Cirillo) Greuter & Burdet, Willdenowia 15(1): 73. 1985.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scabiosa crenata Cirillo, Pl. Rar. Neapol. 1: 11 (1788).
• Homotypic
  • Asterocephalus crenatus (Cirillo) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 382 (1824).
  • Columbaria crenata (Cirillo) J.Presl & C.Presl ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 398 (1840).
  • Trochocephalus crenatus (Cirillo) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Preslia 46: 133 (1974).
  • Scabiosa crenata subsp. eu-crenata (Cirillo) Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc. 2: 511 (1930), nom. inval.
  • Scabiosa crenata var. typica Halácsy, Consp. Fl. Graec. 1: 765 (1901), nom. inval.
• Misapplied names
  • Scabiosa africana L., sensu Sm. in Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 83. 1806.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Spain (in error for Lomelosia pulsatilloides). Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Sicilia (Sicily), Yugoslavia (Montenegro, Serbia). Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus (in error; not given in Flora of Cyprus — a dynamic checklist), East Aegean Islands (in error for Lomelosia polykratis). 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. 

Additional references

• Damboldt, J.†, Graumann, G., Phitos, D. & Melzheimer, V. 1981. Beiträge zur Flora Ionica. VII. Der Formenkreis von Scabiosa crenata (Dipsacaceae). Phyton (Horn) 21(1): 85–102. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Lomelosia crenata. 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 crenata 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 crenata. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2019.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Lomelosia crenata in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 28.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Lomelosia crenata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lomelosia crenata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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