Scabiosa africana

Scabiosa africana

Scabiosa africana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Dipsacoideae
Tribus: Scabioseae
Genus: Scabiosa
Sectio: S. sect. Scabiosa
Species: Scabiosa africana

Name

Scabiosa africana L., Sp. Pl. 1: 100. 1753.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Asterocephalus africanus (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 1: 380. 1824.
• Heterotypic
  • Scabiosa altissima Jacq., Stapel. Hort. Vindob. Cult. 2: 87. 1809, nom. illeg. non Mill. (1768).
    • Sclerostemma altissimum Schott in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis, 3: 82. 1818, nom. inval. pro syn. (IPNI, POWO etc: “K.P.J.Sprengel, Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 3: 82. 1826.”)
    • Asterocephalus altissimus (Schott) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 1: 383. 1824.
  • Scabiosa indurata L., Mant. Pl. Altera: 196. 1771.
    • Asterocephalus induratus (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 1: 380. 1824.
  • Scabiosa procera Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 55. 1796.

Homonyms

• Scabiosa africana “Sm. in Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 83. 1806” = Lomelosia cretica (L.) Greuter & Burdet (according to Catalogue of Life)
  

Listed in IPNI, given as synonym of Lomelosia cretica by Catalogue of Life and Plants of the World, but based on misidentified material of Lomelosia crenata from Zakinthos, and of no taxonomic relevance, as Smith cited Linnaeus and apparently had no intention to describe a new species.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Western Cape Prov.) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 100. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1762. Species Plantarum, ed. 2, Tomus I: 145. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Scabiosa africana. 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. 24. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Scabiosa africana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Scabiosa africana. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 24 2019. (citing “L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 145. 1763.”)
• Tropicos.org 2019. Scabiosa africana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Scabiosa africana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Flora Ionica Working Group 2016 onwards. Flora Ionica – An inventory of ferns and flowering plants of the Ionian Islands (Greece). Published at https://floraionica.univie.ac.at; accessed 2019 Aug 23

Vernacular names

English: Cape scabious, Pincushion

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