Scaligeria napiformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Apiales

Scaligeria napiformis (Spreng.) Grande, Boll. Orto Bot. Napoli 4: 188 (1914).

Basionym
- Bunium napiforme Willd. ex Spreng., Sp. Umbell.: 95 (1818).
  - Type: a Gundelsheimer specimen in Hb. Willdenow (B-W 05706).
Homotypic
- Sium napiforme (Spreng.) Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15, 6: 539 (1820).
- Bunium creticum d'Urv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 287 (= Enum.: 31) (1822), nom. illeg. non Mill. 1768.
- Scaligeria tournefortii Boiss., Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 3, 2: 70 (1844), nom. illeg.
- Scaligeria cretica (d'Urv.) Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 52 (1849), nom. illeg.
- Scaligeria cretica (d'Urv.) Vis., Fl. Dalm. 3: 70 (1852), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Bunium creticum Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2 (1768) (non Scaligeria cretica (d'Urv.) Boiss. (1849))
  - Type locality: Zante (Zakinthos)
- Scaligeria microcarpa DC., Coll. Mem. 5 (= Mém. Ombellif.): 70 (1829).
- Bunium junceum Margot & Reut., Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 8: 300, tab. 4 (1839).
  - Scaligeria tournefortii var. juncea (Margot & Reut.) Boiss., Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 3, 2: 70 (1844).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Greece, Kriti, Northwest Balkan Peninsula.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Libya.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye.

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