Callipeltis

Callipeltis cucullaris

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: Callipeltis
Species: C. cucullaris – C. factorovskyi – C. microstegia

Name

Callipeltis Steven, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 1: 275. (1829)

• Type species: Non designatus.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cucullaria Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 279 (1891), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Warburgina Eig, Zionist Org. Inst. Agric. & Nat. Hist. Bull. 1927: 6, 33. (1927)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Southwestern Europe Spain. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Caucasus Transcaucasus. Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Arabian Peninsula Gulf States,Oman, Saudi Arabia. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Steven, C. von 1829. Observationes in Plantas Rossicas et descriptiones specierum novarum 69 bis. (1828); addit. publ.: Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 1: 275. (1829)
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Callipeltis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Callipeltis. Published online. Accessed: May 21 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Callipeltis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2019.

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