Pterocephalus plumosus

Pterocephalus plumosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipsacales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota 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.) Coult. (1823)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Knautia plumosa L., Mant. Pl.: 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
  • Pterocephalus caramanicus Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 77. 1849.
  • Cephalaria diandra Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 52. 1818.
  • 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)
  • 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 marcescens Moench, Meth. 491. 1794.
  • Pterocephalus vaillantii Lag., Gen. et Sp. Nov. 9. 1816.
  • Scabiosa papposa L., Sp. Pl. 1: 101. 1753.
    • Pterocephalus papposus (L.) Coult., Mém. Dipsac.: 32. 1823.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kriti, Yugoslavia (Croatia, Macedonia (doubtful), Serbia & Kosovo). Regional: Eastern Europe Krym. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt (NE-Egypt, NW-coastal Egypt). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Regional: Caucasus Northern Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya) Regional: Western Asia Cyprus (doubtful), East Aegaan Islands, Iran (NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq), Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon: Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon; Syria: coastal W-Syria, NW-Syria, Jbel Druze, W-Syrian Mountains), Palestine (Israel: coastal W-Israel, N-Israel; Jordan: S-Jordan, W-Jordan), Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai), Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Homonyms

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

References

• Coulter, T. 1823: Mem. Dipsac. 31.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Pterocephalus plumosus. 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. 23. 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.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Pterocephalus plumosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Aug. 2019.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Pterocephalus plumosus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 24.
• 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.

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