Prasium majus

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: Stachydeae
Genus: Prasium
Species: Prasium majus

Name

Prasium majus L., Sp. Pl.: 601 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Stachys major (L.) Bartolucci & Peruzzi, Inform. Bot. Ital. 46: 82 (2014).
Heterotypic
- Prasium minus L., Sp. Pl.: 601 (1753).
  - Prasium majus var. minus (L.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 564 (1881).
- Prasium laetum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 89 (1796).
- Prasium medium Lowe, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 6: 535 (1838).
  - Prasium majus subsp. medium (Lowe) Menezes, Fl. Madeira: 144 (1914).
- Prasium majus var. creticum Rchb. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 564 (1881), nom. nud.
- Prasium majus f. liparitanum Bég. in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 3: 15 (1903).
  - Prasium majus var. liparitanum (Bég.) Pamp., Pl. Tripol.: 21 (1914).
- Prasium majus subsp. neglectum Bég. & Vacc., Contr. Fl. Lib. 2: 3 (1913).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France (introduced), Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands, Madeira.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 601. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Prasium majus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Prasium majus. Published online. Accessed: 27 May 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Prasium majus. Accessed: 27 May 2024.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Prasium majus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 27.
Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Prasium majus. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2024 May 27. (presence in France)

Vernacular names

čeština: Pyskatec lesklý
Deutsch: Großer Klippenziest
English: mediterranean prasium, white hedgenettle
فارسی: براسيون كبير
עברית: פרסיון גדול
русский: Празиум
Türkçe: Çalıbaba

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