Plumbago europaea

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

Plumbago europaea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 151 (1753).

Homotypic
- Plumbago purpurea Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 122 (1796), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Plumbago lapathifolia Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 837 (1798).
- Plumbago undulata Moench, Suppl. Meth.: 153 (1802).
- Plumbago angustifolia Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 337 (1841).
- Plumbago denticulata St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 690 (1889).
- Plumbago europaea var. glandulosa Cout., Fl. Portugal: ? (1913).
- Plumbago europaea var. asperrima Sennen & Elías, Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne): n.° 2828.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Czechia-Slovakia, Germany (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Turkmenistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye.

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