Gypsophila altissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Gypsophila altissima L., Sp. Pl. 1: 407 (1753).

Homotypic
- Arrostia altissima (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 54 (1837).
Heterotypic
- Gypsophila altissima var. elongata Bunge in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 2: 127 (1830).
- Gypsophila scariosa Tausch, Flora 14(1): 213 (1831).
- Gypsophila ucrainica Kleopow in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 6: 748, 891 (1936).

Gypsophila altissima Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1(2): 280 (1809), vide Gypsophila arrostii subsp. arrostii.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate China (N-Xinjiang), Kazakhstan, Northern Caucasus, Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Mongolia Continental: Europe Regional: Eastern Europe C- & E-European Russia, Ukraine, Moldova References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gypsophila altissima. Accessed: 2025 December 15.
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USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gypsophila altissima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-April-2012. Reference page.