Morina

Morina longifolia

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: Morinoideae
Genus: Morina
Species: M. alba – M. bracteata – M. chinensis – M. chlorantha – M. coulteriana – M. kokanica – M. kokonorica – M. longifolia – M. ludlowii – M. nepalensis – M. parviflora – M. persica – M. polyphylla – M. subinermis

• This taxon list was last updated on 22 February 2025.

Name

Morina L., Sp. Pl. 1: 28 (1753).

• Type species: Morina persica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 28 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Acanthocalyx (DC.) M.J.Cannon, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12: 9 (1984).
  • Asaphes Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2, Cur. Post.): 222, 232. (1827) [[nom. illeg. hom.]] non Asaphes Walker, (1834) (Pteromalidae)
  • Morina sect. Cryptothladia Bunge, Beitr. Kenntn. Russ. Reiches 145. (1852)
  • Cryptothladia (Blume) M.J.Cannon, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(1): 15. (1984)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Asia-Temperate Caucasus Transcaucasus. China China North-Central, China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang. Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Indo-China Myanmar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 28. Reference page. 

Additional references

• De-Yuan, H. 2010. Nomenclatural notes on the Morinaceae and Valerianaceae in China. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 20(4): 418-420. DOI: 10.3417/2010002 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Morina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Morina. Published online. Accessed: 22 Feb 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Morina. Accessed: 22 Feb 2025.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Morina. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb 22. Reference page. 

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