Rhaponticum

Rhaponticum scariosum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Centaureinae
Genus: Rhaponticum
Species: R. acaule – R. altaicum – R. annae-bentiae – R. aulieatense – R. australe – R. berardioides – R. canariense – R. carthamoides – R. centauroides – R. chinense – R. coniferum – R. cossonianum – R. exaltatum – R. heleniifolium – R. insignis – R. integrifolium – R. karatavicum – R. longifolium – R. lyratum – R. namanganicum – R. nanum – R. nitidum – R. pulchrum – R. pygmaeum – R. repens – R. scariosum – R. uniflorum

Name

Rhaponticum Ludwig, Inst. Reg. Veg., ed. 2: 123. (1757), nom. et typ. cons. Wilson (2017) after split NCVP vote Applequist (2017)

• Type: Centaurea rhapontica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 915. (1753) vide Rhaponticum scariosum subsp. rhaponticum (L.) Greuter, Willdenowia 35: 237. (2005)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Centaurium Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helv. 1: 69 (1768), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Acroptilon Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 50: 464 (1827)
  • Fornicium Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1819: 93 (1819)
  • Klaseopsis L.Martins, Taxon 55: 974 (2006)
  • Leuzea DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 109 (1805)
  • Malacocephalus Tausch, Flora 11: 481 (1828)
  • Rhapontica Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 47 (1762)
  • Stemmacantha Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 12 (1817)

Homonyms

• Rhaponticum Haller, Enum. Stirp. Helv. 2: 687 (1742), nom. inval., pre 1753
• Rhaponticum Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 117 (1763); Juss. Gen. 174 (1789) nom. illeg. hom.
• Rhaponticum Vaill., Königl. Akad. Wiss. Paris Anat. Abh. 5: 177. (1754) nom. inval. Steinwehr, W.B.A. von (transl.), 1754–1760. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Paris Anat. Abh., vols. 5-7: suppressed work for Genera and species names. See Brummitt (2008)
  

Note: See discussion page.

References

Primary references

• Ludwig, C.G. 1757. Institutiones Historico-Physicae Regni Vegetabilis. Edition 2. 123.
• Brummitt, R. K. 2008. Proposal to add the 1754–1756 German translation of S. Vaillant, Établissement de nouveaux caractères de trois familles, 1719–1725, to the “Opera utique oppressa”. Taxon 57: 663.
• Applequist, W.L. 2017. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants. 69. Taxon 66(2): 500–513.
• Greuter, W.R. 2008. (1839-1842) Proposals to conserve the names Leysera against Asteropterus, Volutaria against Amberboi, Rhaponticum with a conserved type, and Rhaponticoides against Bielzia (Compositae). Taxon 57(3): 1001.
• Wilson, K.L. 2017. Report of the General Committee: 18. Taxon 66(3): 742–744.

Additional references

• Hidalgo, O., Garcia-Jacas, N., Garnatje, T. & Susanna, A. 2006. Phylogeny of Rhaponticum (Asteraceae, Cardueae–Centaureinae) and related genera inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data: taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Annals of Botany 97(5): 705–714. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl029 Reference page. 
• Hind, D.J.N. 2019. Leuzea repens, a new combination (Compositae: Cardueae: Centaureinae). Kew Bulletin 74(2, 20): 1–5. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-019-9809-2 Reference page. 
• Martins, L. 2006. Klaseopsis and Archiserratula: Two New Genera Segregated from Serratula (Compositae, Cardueae). Taxon 55(4): 973–976. DOI: 10.2307/25065691 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Martins, L. 2006. Systematics and biogeography of Klasea (Asteraceae–Cardueae) and a synopsis of the genus. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152(4): 435–464. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00583.x Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rhaponticum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sept. 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Rhaponticum. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sept. 28. Reference page.  Yet to be updated.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Rhaponticum. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 28 2023.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Zəfəranabənzər levzey
башҡортса: Марал тамыры
català: Rapòntic
Deutsch: Bergscharten
English: Maral Root
français: Rhapontique
italiano: Fiordaliso
қазақша: Левзея
polski: Szczodrak krokoszowaty
русский: Левзея

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