Legousia falcata

Legousia falcata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Campanulaceae
Subfamilia: Campanuloideae
Genus: Legousia
Species: Legousia falcata

Name

Legousia falcata (Ten.) Fritsch ex Janch., Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereins Univ. Wien, n.s., 5: 100 (1907).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Prismatocarpus falcatus Ten., Fl. Napol. 1 (Prodr.): XVI (1811).
• Homotypic
  • Campanula falcata (Ten.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 154 (1819).
  • Specularia falcata (Ten.) A.DC., Monogr. Campan.: 345 (1830).
  • Pentagonia falcata (Ten.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 381 (1891).
  • Triodanis falcata (Ten.) McVaugh, Wrightia 1: 28 (1945).
• Heterotypic
  • Campanula syriaca Willd. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 133 (1819).
  • Specularia falcata var. pusilla Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 960 (1875).
  • Prismatocarpus scaber Lowe, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 6: reimpr. 16 (1838).
    • Legousia scabra (Lowe) Gamisans, Cat. Pl. Vasc. Corse 100 (1985).
    • Specularia falcata var. scabra (Lowe) A.DC., in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 490 (1839).
    • Specularia falcata f. scabra (Lowe) H.Lindb., Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 150 (1932).
    • Legousia falcata var. scabra (Lowe) Jahand. & Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc: 735 (1934).
    • Legousia falcata var. scabra (Lowe) Meikle, Fl. Cyprus 2: 1055, 1897 (1985). comb. superfl., isonym
  • Specularia castellana Lange, Index Seminum (C, Hauniensi) 1854: 25 (1854).
    • Specularia falcata subsp. castellana (Lange) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 483 (1879).
    • Legousia castellana (Lange) Samp., Herb. Portug.: 127 (1913).
    • Legousia falcata subsp. castellana (Lange) Jauzein, Fl. Champs Cult.: 863 (1995).
  • Specularia castellana var. grandiflora Willk. in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 2: 297 (1868).
    • Legousia scabra var. grandiflora (Willk.) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Fl. Països Catalans 3: 666 (1995).
  • Legousia castellana var. longisepala Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 22: 55 (1931).
  • Legousia speculum-veneris var. maroccana Pau & Font Quer in P.Font i Quer, Iter Marocc. 1927: n.º 639 (1928).
    • Legousia castellana var. maroccana (Pau & Font Quer) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 3: 736 (1934).
  • Specularia castellana subsp. longilobata Quézel, Lejeunia 15: 31 (1951).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Sicily), Yugoslavia (Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro). Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Gomera, Hierro, La Palma, Tenerife; doubtfully native), Madeira (Madeira). Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya) Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel, Jordan), Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Janchen, E.E.A. 1907. Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins an der Universität Wien, ser. 2, 5: 100.

Additional references

• Wahlsteen, E. & Tyler, T. 2019. Morphometric analyses and species delimitation in Legousia (Campanulaceae). Willdenowia 49(1): 21–33. DOI: 10.3372/wi.49.49104 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Legousia falcata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Legousia falcata. Published online. Accessed: January 15 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Legousia falcata. Accessed: 15 January 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Legousia falcata. 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 15. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Sirppipeili

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