Cressa cretica

Taxonavigation

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

Cressa cretica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 223 (1753)

Homotypic
- Cressa monosperma Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 33 (1812), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Cressa humifusa Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 268 (1779).
- Cressa indica Retz., Observ. Bot. 4: 24 (1786).
  - Cressa cretica var. indica (Retz.) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 440 (1845).
- Cressa villosa Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 372 (1820).
  - Cressa cretica var. villosa (Hoffmanns. & Link) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 440 (1845).
- Cressa cretica var. salina J.A.Schmidt, Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins.: 229 (1852).
- Cressa intermedia T.Anderson, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 32 (1860).
- Cressa loscosii Trémols in F.Loscos & H.Y.Bernál, Trat. Pl. Aragon 1: 38 (1877).
  - Cressa cretica var. loscosii (Trémols) Willk., Ill. Fl. Hispan. 1: 13 (1880).
- Cressa microphylla St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 63 (1880).
- Cressa ballii Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie: 629 (1890).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania (extinct), Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Mozambique.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

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