Petrorhagia

Petrorhagia saxifraga

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Caryophylleae
Genus: Petrorhagia
Species: P. arabica – P. cyrenaica – P. dianthoides – P. dubia – P. elymaitica – P. fasciculata – P. glumacea – P. graminea – P. grandiflora – P. hispidula – P. kennedyae – P. laconica – P. lycica – P. macra – P. nanteuilii – P. obcordata – P. ochroleuca – P. pamphylica – P. peroninii – P. phthiotica – P. prolifera – P. rhiphaea – P. rupestris – P. sarbaghiae – P. saxifraga – P. syriaca – P. thessala – P. wheeler-hainesii – P. zoharyana

Name

Petrorhagia (Ser.) Link, Handbuch 2: 235 (1831).

• Type species: Petrorhagia saxifraga (L.) Link, Handbuch 2: 235 (1831).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gypsophila sect. Petrorhagia Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 354 (1824).
• Heterotypic
  • Tunica Ludw., Inst. Regn. Veg. (ed. 2): 129 (1757).
  • Imperatia Moench, Methodus: 60 (1794).
  • Kohlrauschia Kunth, Fl. Berol. ed. 2. 1: 108 (1838).
  • Fiedleria Rchb., Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 6: 42 (1844).
  • Dianthella Clauson ex Pomel, Mat. Fl. Atl. 9 (1860).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa Macaronesia Canary Is., Madeira. Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Europe Eastern Europe Belarus, Krym, Ukraine. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Northern Europe Denmark, Great Britain, Sweden. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Link, H.F. 1831. Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewächse. Zweiter Theil. – Grundriss der Kräuterkunde zu Vorlesungen entworfen von D. Carl Ludwig Willdenow. Dritter (Praktischer) Theil. 533 pp. Berlin: In der Haude und Spenerschen Buchhandlung. BHL Google Books Reference page.  (!235).

Additional references

• Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page. 
• Madhani, H., Rabeler, R.K., Pirani, A., Oxelman, B., Heubl, G. & Zarre, S. 2018. Untangling phylogenetic patterns and taxonomic confusion in tribe Caryophylleae (Caryophyllaceae) with special focus on generic boundaries. Taxon 67(1): 83–112. DOI: 10.12705/671.6 PDF Reference page. 
• Fassou, G., Korotkova, N., Nersesyan, A., Koch, M.A., Dimopoulos, P., Borsch, T. 2022. Taxonomy of Dianthus (Caryophyllaceae) – overall phylogenetic relationships and assessment of species diversity based on a first comprehensive checklist of the genus. PhytoKeys 196: 91–214. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.196.77940 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Petrorhagia. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 11. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Petrorhagia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jun 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Petrorhagia. Published online. Accessed: 11 May 2020. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Felsennelken
suomi: Kehtoneilikat
magyar: Aszúszegfű

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