Achillea aegyptiaca

Achillea aegyptiaca

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Anthemideae
Subtribus: Matricariinae
Genus: Achillea
Sectio: A. sect. Achillea
Species: Achillea aegyptiaca

Name

Achillea aegyptiaca L., Sp. Pl. 2: 900 (1753).

• Protologue locality: "Habitat in Aegypto & Oriente." [in error]
• Lectotypus: Herb. Linn. No. 1017.6 (LINN) , designated by: Humphries in Jarvis & Turland (ed.), Taxon 47 : 351 (1998).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Achillea pallida Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 204 (1796).
  • Achillea tournefortii DC., Prodr. 6: 28 (1838).

Homonyms

• Achillea aegyptiaca Hort. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 1: 12 (1840). = Unplaced name.
• Achillea aegyptiaca S.G.Gmel., Reise Russland 2: 198 (1774). = Achillea micrantha Willd.
• Achillea aegyptiaca Sm. in Sibthorp & Smith, Fl. Graec. 9(2): 71 (1839). = Achillea taygetea Boiss. & Heldr.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Greece (Kiklades). 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: 900. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatroú, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013. Vascular Plants of Greece: An Annotated Checklist. Englera 31: 1–368. JSTOR PDF Reference page. 
• Jarvis, C.E. & Turland, N.J. (eds.) 1998. Typification of Linnaean specific and varietal names in the Compositae (Asteraceae). Taxon 47(2): 347–370. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. Achillea aegyptiaca. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 April 16. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Achillea aegyptiaca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 April 16. Reference page. 
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Achillea aegyptiaca in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2021 April 17.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Achillea aegyptiaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 April 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Achillea aegyptiaca. Published online. Accessed: 16 April 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Achillea aegyptiaca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Apr 17.

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