Succisa

The bumble-bee (Bombus sp.) on the inflorescence of the devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis)

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: Succiseae
Genus: Succisa
Species: S. pinnatifida – S. pratensis – S. trichotocephala

Name

Succisa Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helv. 1: 87 (1768).

• Type species: Succisa pratensis Moench, Methodus: 489 (1794).

References

Primary references

• Haller, A. von 1768. Historia Stirpium Indigenarum Helvetiae Inchoata 1: 87.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Succisa. 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. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Succisa. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 15 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Succisa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 31-Aug-2009.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Каманішнік
čeština: čertkus
Deutsch: Teufelsabbiss
English: Devil’s Bit Scabious
eesti: Peetrileht
suomi: Purtojuuret
français: Succises
hornjoserbsce: Pupawač
magyar: Ördögharaptafű
lietuvių: Miegalė
polski: Czarcikęs
русский: Сивец
slovenčina: čertkus
svenska: Ängsväddar

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