Pterocephalus brevis

Taxonavigation

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

Pterocephalus brevis Coult., Mém. Dipsac.: 32 (1823).

Homotypic
- Trichera brevis (Coult.) Schult. & Schult.f., Mant. 3: 30 (1827).
Heterotypic
- Pterocephalus coulteri Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 77 (1849).
- Pterocephalus papposus var. luteiflorus H.Lindb., Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 2(7): 33 (1946).

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Kriti. Africa Northern Africa Egypt, Libya. Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia. Western Asia Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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English: Plumed scabious