Moluccella

Moluccella laevis (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Marrubieae
Genus: Moluccella

Species

M. aucheri – M. bucharica – M. fedtschenkoana – M. laevis – M. olgae – M. otostegioides – M. sogdiana – M. spinosa

Name

Moluccella L., Sp. Pl. 2: 587 (1753); Gen Pl., ed. 5: 255. 1754.

• Lectotypus: Moluccella laevis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 587 (1753), designated by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 165. 1929.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Molucca Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754)
• Heterotypic
  • Chasmonia C.Presl, Fl. Sicul.: xxxvii (1826)
  • Chartocalyx Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 367 (1879), nom. illeg.
  • Harmsiella Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 291 (1897)
  • Sulaimania Hedge & Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 150: 345 (1982)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Southwestern Europe Spain. Southeastern Europe Greece, Kriti, Italy, Sicilia. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan. Caucasus Transcaucasus. Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Palestine, Turkey. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 587. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 255. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195 in International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Bendiksby, M., Thorbek, L., Scheen, A.-C., Lindqvist, C. & Ryding, P.O. 2011. An updated phylogeny and classification of Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae. Taxon 60(2): 471–484. DOI: 10.1002/tax.602015 ResearchGate Reference page.  Transfers Sulaimania and 4 species of Otostegia to this genus.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Moluccella in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 June 12. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Moluccella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 June 2014.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Moluccella in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 Apr 30.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Moluccella. Published online. Accessed: June 12 2014.

Vernacular names

suomi: Kotilokukat

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