Lomelosia palaestina

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Lomelosia palaestina (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 95. 1838.

Basionym
- Scabiosa palaestina L., Mant. Pl.: 37. 1767.
Homotypic
- Asterocephalus palaestinus (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 380. 1824.
- Trochocephalus palaestinus (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Preslia 46: 134. 1974. PDF
Heterotypic
- Scabiosa aleppica Coult., Mém. Dipsac.: 35. 1823.
- Trochocephalus aleppicus (Coult.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Preslia 46: 133. 1974.

Much confused in nomenclature with Lomelosia brachiata Sm. (replaced synonym: Knautia palaestina L.)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Egypt.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran (not given in Flora Iranica), Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel, Jordan), Sinai.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Kuwait, Saudi Arabia.

Rafinesque, C.S. 1838 ("1836"). Flora Telluriana. Pars 4. 135 pp., Philadelphia. BHL Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2019. Lomelosia palaestina. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lomelosia palaestina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lomelosia palaestina. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 26 2019.

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