Cerinthe

Cerinthe major

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Boraginoideae
Tribus: Lithospermeae
Genus: Cerinthe
Species: C. glabra – C. major – C. minor – C. palaestina – C. retorta – C. tenuiflora

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cerinthe in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 03. Reference page.

Name

Cerinthe L. Sp. Pl. 1: 137 (1753).

• Lectotype species: Cerinthe major L., designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 128 (1929)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ceranthe (Rchb.) Opiz in F.Berchtold, Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. 2(2): 67 (1839).
    • Type species: Cerinthe acuta Opiz, nom. illeg. (= Cerinthe minor L.) (Lectotype designated by Z. Pouzar, Preslia 36: 338 (1964))
    • Cerinthe sect. Ceranthe Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 339 (1832).

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 137. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195 in International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cerinthe in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cerinthe. Published online. Accessed: Oct 03 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cerinthe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Oct 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

dansk: Voksurt
Deutsch: Wachsblumen
suomi: Vahakukat
עברית: דונגית
magyar: Szeplőlapu
հայերեն: Մոմախոտ
polski: Ośmiał
русский: Воскоцветник
svenska: Vaxblommor

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