Ceratolimon

Ceratolimon feei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Plumbaginaceae
Tribus: Limonieae
Genus: Ceratolimon
Species: C. feei – C. migiurtinum – C. weygandiorum

Name

Ceratolimon M.B.Crespo & Lledó Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 132(2): 169 (2000).

• Type species: Ceratolimon feei (Girard) M.B.Crespo & M.D.Lledó. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 132(2): 170 (2000).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Limoniastrum sect. Bubania Batt., Fl. Algér. (Dicot.): 726 (1890) ≡ Limoniastrum subg. Bubania (Batt.) Maire

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco. Regional: West Tropical Africa Mauritania. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Somalia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Yemen. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Crespo, M.B. & Lledó, M.D. 2000. Two new North African genera related to Limoniastrum (Plumbaginaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 132(2): 165–174. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2000.tb01212.x PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Ceratolimon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 September 09. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Ceratolimon. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 May 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Ceratolimon. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 27 2017. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Ceratolimon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr. 2017. Reference page.

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