Legousia speculum-veneris

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 speculum-veneris

Name[edit]

Legousia speculum-veneris (L.) Chaix in D.Villars, Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 1: 338 (1786).

Synonyms[edit]

Basionym
- Campanula speculum-veneris L., Sp. Pl. 1: 168 (1753).
Homotypic
- Legousia arvensis Durande, Fl. Bourgogne 1: 37 (1782), nom. superfl.
- Prismatocarpus speculum-veneris (L.) L'Hér., Sert. Angl.: 3 (1789).
- Campanula pulchella Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 127 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Legousia durandei Delarbre, Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2: 45 (1800), nom. superfl.
- Specularia speculum-veneris (L.) A.DC., Monogr. Campan.: 346 (1830).
- Legousia speculum Fisch. ex A.DC., Monogr. Campan.: 347 (1830); orth. var..
- Specularia vulgaris Kitt., Taschenb. Fl. Deutschl., ed. 2: 483 (1843), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Campanula arvensis Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 193 (1805).
- Prismatocarpus hirtus Ten., Fl. Napol. 1(Prodr.): xvi (1811).
  - Campanula hirta (Ten.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. 5: 153 (1819).
  - Prismatocarpus speculum-veneris var. hirtus (Ten.) K.Koch, Linnaea 19: 30 (1846).
  - Specularia speculum-veneris var. hirta (Ten.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 483 (1879).
  - Specularia speculum-veneris subsp. hirta (Ten.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 450 (1882).
  - Specularia hirta (Ten.) Gand., Fl. Cret.: 69 (1916).
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. calycina A.DC., Monogr. Campan.: 347 (1830).
  - Legousia speculum-veneris f. calycina (A.DC.) Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2): 551 (1930).
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. libanotica A.DC., Monogr. Campan.: 347 (1830).
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. pubescens A.DC., Monogr. Campan.: 347 (1830).
  - Specularia speculum-veneris subvar. pubescens (A.DC.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 57 (1908).
- Campanula cordata Vis., Stirp. Dalmat. Spec.: 5 (1826).
  - Prismatocarpus cordatus (Vis.) Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 858 (1831).
  - Specularia cordata (Vis.) Heynh., Nom. Bot. Hort.: 689 (1841).
  - Specularia speculum-veneris var. cordata (Vis.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 483 (1879).
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. stricta Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 279 (1846).
  - Legousia speculum-veneris f. stricta (Griseb.) Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2): 551 (1930).
- Specularia arvensis Montandon in F.Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura, ed. 2: 156 (1868).
- Campanula trigona Ehrenb. ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 959 (1875).
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. racemosa Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 959 (1875).
- Specularia speculum-veneris f. plena Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 563 (1894).
- Specularia speculum-veneris f. procumbens Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 563 (1894).
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. procumbens (Voss) auct., Rev. Hort. 1897: 254 (1897).
- Specularia polypiflora Davidov, Trav. Soc. Bulg. Sci. Nat. 8: 92 (1915).
  - Legousia speculum-veneris f. polypiflora (Davidov) Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2): 551 (1930).
- Githopsis latifolia Eastw., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. IV, 20: 154 (1931).

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (introduced), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Villars, D. 1787. Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné: contenant les Especes, les Caracteres, les Synonymes & les Vertus générales des cinq premieres classes ; qui comprennent la Monandrie, les Orchis, les Graminées, les Cyperacées, les Joncs, les Liliacées, Dipsacées, Rubiacées, Labiées, Personées, Borraginées, les Ombelliferes & les Syngeneses non composées. Vol. 2. 690 pp. + XV pl. Grenoble, Lyon, Paris. BHL Reference page.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Legousia speculum-veneris 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 speculum-veneris. Published online. Accessed: January 15 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Legousia speculum-veneris. Accessed: 15 January 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Legousia speculum-veneris. 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[edit]

Deutsch: Venus-Frauenspiegel
English: European Venus' looking glass
suomi: Venuksenpeili
français: Miroir de Vénus

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