Valantia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus: Valantia
Species: V. aprica – V. calva – V. columella – V. deltoidea – V. hispida – V. lainzii – V. muralis

Name

Valantia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1051 (1753); Gen Pl., ed. 5: 471 (1754).

• Lectotype species: Valantia muralis L., designated by N.L. Britton, Fl. Bermuda 366 (28 Feb 1918), approved by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 193 (Aug 1929).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Vaillantia Hoffm., Deutschl. Fl. Bot. Taschenb. 4: 274 (1804), orth. var.
• Heterotypic
  • Meionandra Gauba, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 86: 62 (1937).
    • Type species: Meionandra columella (Ehrenb. ex Boiss.) Gauba (Galium columella Ehrenb. ex Boiss.)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, 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. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bermuda, Trinidad-Tobago (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1051. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 471. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Valantia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Dec 11. Reference page. 
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Valantia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2018 Dec 17.

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