Cruciata taurica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus: Cruciata
Species: Cruciata taurica
Subspecies: C. t. subsp. armenica – C. t. subsp. euboea – C. t. subsp. glaberrima – C. t. subsp. mesopotamica – C. t. subsp. occidentalis – C. t. subsp. persica – C. t. subsp. taurica

Name

Cruciata taurica (Pall. ex Willd.) Ehrend., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 393 (1958).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Valantia taurica Pall. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 951 (1806).
• Homotypic
  • Galium tauricum (Pall. ex Willd.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 3: 250 (1818), nom. illeg.
  • Galium coronatum var. tauricum (Pall. ex Willd.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 331 (1879)
  • Cruciata coronata subsp. taurica (Pall. ex Willd.) Ehrend., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 68: 272 (1974), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Turkey-in-Europe. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ehrendorfer, F. 1958. Critical notes on Turkish Rubiaceae. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 22(4): 323–401. Internet Archive Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cruciata taurica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cruciata taurica. Published online. Accessed: January 7 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cruciata taurica. Accessed: 7 January 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cruciata taurica. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 7. Reference page.