Petrorhagia saxifraga

Taxonavigation

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

Petrorhagia saxifraga (L.) Link, Handbuch 2: 235 (1831).

Basionym
- Dianthus saxifragus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 413 (1753).
Homotypic
- Petrorhagia saxifraga (L.) Link, Handbuch 2: 235 (1831).
- Gypsophila saxifraga (L.) L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1028 (1759).
- Kohlrauschia saxifraga (L.) Dandy, Watsonia 4: 42 (1957).
- Tunica saxifraga (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 300 (1771).
- Dianthus filiformis Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 537 (1779).
- Imperatia filiformis Moench, Methodus: 60 (1794).
- Silene tunica E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 5: 107 (1901).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe (doubtfully present, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States, Ukraine.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran, Turkey.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Western Canada
  - British Columbia.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Ontario.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Idaho.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Virginia.

Link, H.F. 1831. Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewächse. Zweiter Theil. – Grundriss der Kräuterkunde zu Vorlesungen entworfen von D. Carl Ludwig Willdenow. Dritter (Praktischer) Theil. 533 pp. Berlin: In der Haude und Spenerschen Buchhandlung. BHL Google Books Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2019. Petrorhagia saxifraga. 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 Sep 11. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Petrorhagia saxifraga in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Petrorhagia saxifraga. Published online. Accessed: Sep 11 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Petrorhagia saxifraga. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Sep 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Petrorhagia saxifraga in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

English: Tunic-flower
suomi: Kalliokehtoneilikka

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