Cistus creticus

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 incanus subsp. creticus (L.) Heywood, Feddes Repert. 79: 60. 1968.
- Cistus incanus var. creticus (L.) Parl., Fl. Ital. 5: 575. 1873.
- Cistus villosus subsp. creticus (L.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 70. 1878.
- Cistus villosus var. creticus (L.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 437. 1867.

Heterotypic
- 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 complicatus Spruner ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 70. 1878, non Lam., Encycl. 2(1): 14. 1786..
- Cistus cousturieri Sennen, Monde Pl. 32(191): 31. 1931, pro hybr.
- 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 dunalianus Sweet, Hort. Brit. 34. 1826.
- Cistus eriocephalus Viv., Fl. Cors. Prodr. 8. 1824.
- Cistus creticus f. flavus Demoly, Bull. Assoc. Parcs Bot. France 45: 47. 2008.
- Cistus garganicus Ten., Ind. Sem. Hort. Neap., 1829: 15. 1829.
- 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.
- Cistus ladaniferus Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 209. 1812, non L., Sp. Pl. 1: 523. 1753.
- Cistus philothei Sennen & Mauricio, Diagn. Nouv. Pl. Espagne Maroc: 179. 1936, publ. 1951 pro hybr.
- Cistus polymorphus Willk., Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 19. 1856, p.p., nom. illeg.
- 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 polymorphus var. vulgaris Willk., Icon. Descr. Pl. Nov. 2: 22, tab. 81 fig. 1. 1856, nom. illeg.
- Cistus ponticus Juz., Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 13: 79. 1955.
- Cistus riphienensis Pau, Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 31(10): 97. 1932 publ. 1934, pro hybr.
- Cistus rotundifolius Sweet, Cistineae tab. 75. 1826.
  - Cistus villosus var. rotundifolius (Sweet) Grosser, Pflanzenr. 14: 16. 1903.
- Cistus vinyalsii Sennen, Diagn. Nouv. Pl. Espagne Maroc: 179. 1936, publ. 1951 pro hybr.
- Cistus vulgaris Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 6: 368. 1836.
- Cistus villosus L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 736. 1762 (as “Cistus pilosus”, see L., Gen. Pl. ed. 6: pag. ult. 1764.).
  - 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.

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]

Heywood, V.H. (ed.) 1968. Notulae systematicae ad Floram Europaeam spectantes, no. 7. Feddes Repertorium 79(1/2): 57–61. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19680790102 Reference page.
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.

Additional references[edit]

Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Cistus creticus Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2015 Jun 21.
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). 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). Reference page.
The Plant List 2013. Cistus creticus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Jun 13.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile
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.

Vernacular names[edit]

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

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