Lomelosia stellata

Taxonavigation

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

Lomelosia stellata (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 95 (1838).

Basionym
- Scabiosa stellata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 100 (1753).
Homotypic
- Asterocephalus stellatus (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 381 (1824).
- Trochocephalus stellatus (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Preslia 46: 134 (1974).
- Succisa stellata (L.) Moench, Methodus: 490 (1794).
Heterotypic
- Scabiosa bipinnata Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 343 (1879).
- Scabiosa brevicoma Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 343 (1879).
- Scabiosa collina Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 54 (1796).
- Scabiosa jacquinii Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 77 (1818).
- Scabiosa lobata Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 343 (1879).
- Scabiosa stellaris Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 54 (1796).
- Scabiosa monspeliensis Jacq., Misc. Austriac. 2: 320 (1779).
- Scabiosa stellata var. monspeliensis (Jacq.) Ball, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 493 (1878).
- Scabiosa stellata subsp. monspeliensis (Jacq.) Rouy, G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 8: 120 (1903).
- Asterocephalus monspeliensis (Jacq.) Zumagl., Fl. Pedem. 1: 182 (1849).
- Trochocephalus monspeliensis (Jacq.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Preslia 46: 134 (1974).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, France, Sardegna, Spain, Portugal.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California (introduced).

Rafinesque, C.S. 1838 ("1836"). Flora Telluriana. Pars 4. 135 pp., Philadelphia. BHL Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2019. Lomelosia stellata. 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. 23. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lomelosia stellata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lomelosia stellata. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 23 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Lomelosia stellata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Aug. 2019.

English: sweet scabious, starflower pincushions, moonflower

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