Limonium axillare

Limonium axillare

Limonium axillare

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Plumbaginaceae
Tribus: Limonieae
Genus: Limonium
Species: Limonium axillare

Name

Limonium axillare (Forssk.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Statice axillaris Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 58 (1775).
• Heterotypic
  • Taxanthema attenuatum R.Br. in H.Salt, Voy. Abyss., App.: Ixiv (1814), nom. inval.
  • Statice attenuata Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 798 (1820).
  • Eurychiton adensis Nimmo in J.Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay: Add. (1839).
  • Statice bovei Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 1: 157 (1844).
  • Statice arabica Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 1: 156 (1844).
  • Limonium arabicum (Jaub. & Spach) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891).
  • Statice lanceolata Edgew., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16: 1218 (1847), nom. illeg.
  • Statice adensis Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 670 (1848).
  • Statice somalorum Vierh., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 71: 400 (1907).
    • Limonium somalorum (Vierh.) Hutch. & E.A.Bruce, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 158 (1941).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Sinai. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Pakistan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2013. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 5: Dicotyledoneae: Oleaceae – Zygophyllaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0128-5, 451 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Limonium axillare. Accessed: 04 September 2025. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Limonium axillare in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 September 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Limonium axillare. Published online. Accessed: September 01 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Limonium axillare. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 September 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• العربية: كسب
• English: Sea lavender

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