Pterocephalus plumosus

Pterocephalus plumosus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Dipsacoideae
Tribus: Scabioseae
Genus: Pterocephalus
Species: Pterocephalus plumosus

Name

Pterocephalus plumosus (L.) F.Dietr., Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 7: 5 (1821).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Knautia plumosa L., Mant. Pl. 2: 197 (1771).
• Homotypic
  • Scabiosa plumosa (L.) Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 84 (1806).
  • Dipsacus plumosus (L.) K.Koch, Linnaea 24: 442 (1851).
• Heterotypic
  • Scabiosa papposa L., Sp. Pl.: 101 (1753).
    • Pterocephalus papposus (L.) Coult., Mém. Dipsac.: 32 (1823).
  • Pterocephalus marcescens Moench, Methodus: 491 (1794).
  • Scabiosa involucrata Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 84 (1806), nom. superfl.
  • Scabiosa willichii Link, Neues J. Bot. 2(2): 299 (1807).
    • Cephalaria willichii (Link) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 53 (1818).
    • Trichera willichii (Link) Schult. & Schult.f., Mant. 3: 29 (1827).
  • Pterocephalus vaillantii Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 9 (1816).
  • Scabiosa cretica Willich ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 53 (1818), nom. inval., pro syn.
    • Euptilia cretica (Willich ex Roem. & Schult.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 95 (1838).
  • Cephalaria diandra Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 52 (1818).
  • Cephalaria wallichii Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 53 (1818).
  • Pterocephalus involucratus Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 284 (1824), nom. superfl.
  • Trichera willichii Schult. & Schult.f., Mant. 3: 29 (1827).
  • Pterocephalus caramanicus Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 77 (1849).
  • Scabiosa parnassae T.Moore & Mast., Gard. Chron. 1873: 1175 (1873).
  • Pterocephalus adenophorus Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 62: 154 (1915 publ. 1916).
  • Pterocephalus plumosus var. macrochaetus Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 58B: 300 (1938).

Homonyms

• Scabiosa plumosa Link (1807) = Pterocephalus intermedius (Lag.) Cout.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kriti, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Coulter, Th. 1824. Mémoire sur les Dipsacacées. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève 2(2): 13–60 + 2 plates. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pterocephalus plumosus. Accessed: 22 Dec 2025. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pterocephalus plumosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pterocephalus plumosus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 23 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Pterocephalus plumosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Aug. 2019. Reference page.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Pterocephalus plumosus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 24.Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pterocephalus plumosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10. Reference page. 

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