Cistus creticus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Cistaceae
Genus: Cistus
Subgenus: C. subg. Cistus
Sectio: C. sect. Cistus
Species: Cistus creticus
Subspecies: C. c. subsp. corsicus – C. c. subsp. creticus – C. c. subsp. eriocephalus – C. c. subsp. trabutii

Name[edit]

Cistus creticus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10: 1077 (1759) (as “Cistus cretica”).

Ind. loc.: “Habitat in Creta, Syria.”
Lectotype: Hasselquist, Herb. Linn. No. 689.17 (LINN, iso- UPS?), designated by Jafri in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 48: 4 (1977).

Synonyms[edit]

Homotypic
- Cistus villosus var. creticus (L.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 437 (1867).
- Cistus incanus var. creticus (L.) Parl., Fl. Ital. 5: 575 (1873).
- Cistus polymorphus var. creticus (L.) Ball, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 342 (1877).
- Cistus villosus subsp. creticus (L.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 70 (1878).
- Cistus polymorphus f. creticus (L.) Batt. in Battandier & Trabut, Fl. Algerie Dicot.: 88 (1888).
- Cistus incanus subsp. creticus (L.) Heywood, Feddes Repert. 79: 60 (1968).
Heterotypic
- Cistus villosus L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 736 (1762) (as “Cistus pilosus”, see L., Gen. Pl. ed. 6: pag. ult. 1764.).
  - Type: "Habitat in Italia, Hispania." Lectotype : Linn. No. 689.3 (LINN), designated by Greuter in Greuter & Rechinger (ed.), Boissiera 13 : 54 (1967) [probably belonging to Cistus populifolius].
  - Cistus incanus subsp. villosus (L.) Murb., Lunds Univ. Arsskr. 33: 13 (1897).
  - Cistus incanus var. villosus (L.) Fiori in Fiori & Paol., Fl. Analitica d'Italia 1: 400 (1898).
  - Cistus polymorphus proles villosus (L.) Samp., Ann. Sci. Acad. Polytechn. Porto 4: 63 (1909), nom. illeg.
  - Cistus polymorphus subsp. villosus (L.) Willk., Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 22 (1857), nom. superfl.
  - Cistus vulgaris var. villosus (L.) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 6: 87 (1838), nom. superfl.
  - Cistus villosus var. genuinus Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 437 (1867), p.p., nom. inval.
- Cistus salviifolius Pall. ex M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 7 (1808), nom. inval., pro syn., non L.
- Cistus ladaniferus Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 209 (1812), non L., Sp. Pl. 1: 523 (1753).
- Cistus cupanianus J.Presl in C. Presl, Fl. Sicul. 1: 117 (1826).
- Cistus dunalianus Sweet, Hort. Brit. 34 (1826).
- Cistus rotundifolius Sweet, Cistineae tab. 75 (1826).
  - Cistus villosus var. rotundifolius (Sweet) Grosser, Pflanzenr. 14: 16 (1903).
- Cistus vulgaris Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 6: 368 (1836).
- Cistus polymorphus Willk., Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 19 (1856), p.p., nom. illeg.
- Cistus polymorphus var. vulgaris Willk., Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 22, tab. 81 fig. 1 (1856), nom. illeg.
- Cistus complicatus Spruner ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 70 (1878), non Lam., Encycl. 2(1): 14 (1786).
- Cistus polymorphus var. leiocarpus Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 2: 261 (1895).
  - Cistus polymorphus f. leiocarpus (Rouy & Foucaud) Fiori in Fiori & Paol., Fl. Analitica d'Italia 1: 400 (1898).
  - Cistus polymorphus subvar. leiocarpus (Rouy & Foucaud) Briq., Prodr. Fl. Corse 2(2): 173 (1935).
- Cistus incanus var. reichenbachii Hochr., Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve 7–8: 182 (1904).
- Cistus villosus var. dalmaticus H.Lindb., Iter Austr. Hung. 74 (1906).
  - Cistus creticus var. dalmaticus (H.Lindb.) Greuter in Greuter & Rech.f., Boissiera 13: 54 (1967).
- Cistus villosus f. albus O.E.Warb., J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 55: 239 (1930).
  - Cistus creticus f. albus (O.E.Warb.) Demoly, Bull. Assoc. Parcs Bot. France 45: 47 (2008).
- Cistus cousturieri Sennen, Monde Pl. 32(191): 31 (1931), pro hybr.
- Cistus riphienensis Pau, Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 31(10): 97 (1932 publ. 1934), pro hybr.
- Cistus philothei Sennen & Mauricio, Diagn. Nouv. Pl. Espagne Maroc: 179 (1936 publ. 1951) pro hybr.
- Cistus vinyalsii Sennen, Diagn. Nouv. Pl. Espagne Maroc: 179 (1936 publ. 1951) pro hybr.
- Cistus ponticus Juz., Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 13: 79 (1955).
- Cistus creticus f. flavus Demoly, Bull. Assoc. Parcs Bot. France 45: 47 (2008).
Misapplied names
- Cistus incanus Sm. in Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1(2): 363 (1809), Fl. Graeca 5: 76, t. 494 (1824), nom. illeg. non L., Sp. Pl. 1: 524 (1753).

Hybrids[edit]

C. × argenteus – C. × canescens – C. × conradiae – C. × crispatus – C. × crumleyae – C. × cymosus – C. × escartianus – C. × gardianus – C. × latipes – C. × lucasii – C. × olivaceus – C. × purpureus – C. × ralletii – C. × sammonsii – C. × strigosus – C. × tephreus

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares (Menorca), Corse, Sardegna, Spain
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Sicily, Malta), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro)
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Krym
Continental: Africa
- Regional: North Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel, Jordan), Turkey
- Regional: Caucasus
  - Transcaucasia
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Victoria (naturalized), Tasmania (naturalized)
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North (naturalized), New Zealand South (naturalized)
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California (naturalized)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–iv+825–1384 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 1077. Reference page.

Additional references[edit]

Heywood, V.H. 1968. Short Notes. (166) Cistus L.. Pp. 59–61 in Heywood, V.H. (ed.), Notulae systematicae ad Floram Europaeam spectantes. No. 7. Feddes Repertorium 79(1/2): 57–61. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19680790102 Reference page.
Demoly, J.-P. & Montserrat, P. 1993. Cistus. In: Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.). Flora Ibérica, Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares, Vol. III. Plumbaginaceae (partim) – Capparaceae. Real Jardín Botánico, C.S.I.C., Madrid, ISBN 84-00-07375-4, pp. 319–337 (!322–323) (PDF). Reference page.
Demoly, J.-P. 1996. Les hybrides binaires rares du genre Cistus L. (Cistaceae). Anales del Jardin Botánico de Madrid 54(1): 241–254. PDF. Reference page.
Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) 1984. Med-Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries. Vol. 1: Pteridophyta (ed. 2), Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones (Acanthaceae – Cneoraceae). c + 330 pp., Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Genève 1984. ISBN 2-8277-0151-0. Online version. Reference page. pp. 315–316 (Cistus creticus).
Greuter, W. & Rechinger, K.H. 1967. Flora der Insel Kythera, gleichzeitig Beginn einer nomenklatorischen Überprüfung der griechischen Gefässpflanzenarten. Boissiera 13: 1–206 (!53–54). PDF Reference page.
Sweet, R. 1825–1830. Cistineae. The natural order of cistus, or rock-rose. J. Ridgway, London, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.20402. Reference page.
Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R. & Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988. Flora of New Zealand. Volume IV: Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Christchurch: Botany Division, LXVIII, 1365 pp., ISBN 0-477-02529-3. Online. Reference page.

Links[edit]

Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Cistus creticus Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2015 Jun 21.
The Plant List 2013. Cistus creticus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Jun 13.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cistus creticus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 15. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Cistus creticus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Oct 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cistus creticus. Published online. Accessed: 15 Oct 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cistus creticus. Accessed: 15 Oct 2022.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Cistus creticus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 15.

Vernacular names[edit]

català: Estepa menorquina
Deutsch: Kretische Zistrose
español: Jara macho

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