Lomelosia cretica

Lomelosia cretica

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 cretica

Name

Lomelosia cretica (L.) Greuter & Burdet, Willdenowia 15(1): 74. 1985.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scabiosa cretica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 100. 1753.
• Homotypic
  • Asterocephalus creticus (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 1: 380. 1824.
  • Scabiosa cretica subsp. occidentalis P.H.Davis, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21: 126. 1953, nom. nov., nom. superfl..
  • Trochocephalus creticus (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Preslia 46(2): 133. 1974.
  • Zygostemma creticum (L.) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 9, 10: 164. 1909.
• Heterotypic
  • Scabiosa cretica f. balearica Sennen & Pau, Brotéria, Ci. Nat. 3: 59. 1934.
  • Scabiosa frutescens Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8, n. 12. 1768.
  • Scabiosa pallida Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 55. 1796.

Homonyms

• • Scabiosa cretica Willich ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 53. 1818, nom. inval., pro syn. = Pterocephalus plumosus (L.) Coult.

Scabiosa africana “Sm. in Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 83. 1806” (listed in IPNI, given as synonym of Lomelosia cretica by Catalogue of Life and Plants of the World) is based on misidentified material of Lomelosia crenata from the Greek island Zakinthos, and of no taxonomic relevance, as Smith cited Linnaeus' Species Plantarum ed. 2 and apparently had no intention to describe a new species. Sprengel indicated Linnaeus as the basionym author of Asterocephalus africanus.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Sicilia (Sicily). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Castroviejo, S. et al. (eds.) 2013. Lomelosia cretica in Flora Ibérica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica, e Islas Baleares. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct 04. Reference page. 
• Greuter, W. & Raus, Th. (eds.) 1985. Med-Checklist Notulae, 11. Willdenowia 15(1): 61–84. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Lomelosia cretica. 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 cretica 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 cretica. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Lomelosia cretica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Aug. 2019.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Lomelosia cretica in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 23.
• Flora Ionica Working Group 2016 onwards. Flora Ionica – An inventory of ferns and flowering plants of the Ionian Islands (Greece). Published at https://floraionica.univie.ac.at; accessed 2019 Aug 23

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