Cephalaria gigantea

Cephalaria gigantea

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: Dipsaceae
Genus: Cephalaria
Subgenus: C. subg. Cephalaria
Species: Cephalaria gigantea

Name

Cephalaria gigantea (Ledeb.) Bobrov, Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 17: 490 (1932).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scabiosa gigantea Ledeb., Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1811(Suppl.): 4 (1811).
• Heterotypic
  • Cephalaria caucasica Litv., Spisok Rast. Gerb. Russk. Fl. Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 6: 156 (1908).
  • Cephalaria elata (Hornem.) Schrad., Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1814: 2 (1814).
  • Cephalaria sosnowskyi Kolak., Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 10: 111 (1941).
  • Cerionanthus tataricus Schott ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 51 (1818).
  • Lepicephalus atratus Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 7 (1816).
  • Lepicephalus caucasicus (Litv.) Litv., Trudy Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 15: 153 (1916).
  • Lepicephalus giganteus Bobrov, Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 17: 490 (1932).
  • Lepicephalus tartarica Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 8 (1816).
  • Pycnocomon tataricum Wallr., Sched. Crit.: 46 (1822).
  • Scabiosa alpina Georgi, Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich, Nachtr.: 259 (1802).
  • Scabiosa altissima Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 6 (1768).
  • Scabiosa atrata Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 7 (1816).
  • Scabiosa dipsacoides Boiss. ex Tchich., Asie Min., Bot. 2: 229 (1860).
  • Scabiosa elata Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 126 (1813).
  • Succisa tatarica (Wallr.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 1: 378 (1824).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Northern Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia [Caucasus], Turkey (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Links

• Hassler, M. 2022. Cephalaria gigantea. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 15. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cephalaria gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cephalaria gigantea. Published online. Accessed: 15 March 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Giant scabious
suomi: Kaukasiankirahvinkukka
svenska: Jättevädd

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