Saponaria orientalis

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: Saponaria
Species: Saponaria orientalis

Name

Saponaria orientalis L., Sp. Pl.: 409 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gypsophila orientalis (L.) Bondarenko, Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 2: 290 (1971).
  • Lychnis orientalis (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 304 (1771).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Caucasus North Caucasus. Western Asia Cyprus, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. Introduced into: Bangladesh, Transcaucasus. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Fedtschenko, B.A. & al.  1948. Flora Turkmenii 3: 1-280. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad. Reference page. 
• Davis, P.H. (ed.) 1967. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 2 (Portulacaceae to Celastraceae). 581 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Meikle, R.D. 1977. Flora of Cyprus. Volume One (Pinaceae to Theligonaceae). XII, 832 pp. Bentham-Moxon Trust & Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London 1977. ISBN 0-9504876-3-5 Reference page. 
• Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) 2012. Konspekt flory Kavkaza. Caucasian Flora Conspectus. Volume 3(2): [Magnoliaceae – Thymelaeaceae]. 623 pp., KMK Scientific Press, Sankt-Peterburg & Moskova. ISBN 978-5-87317-879-7. DJVU. Reference page. 
• Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.) 2012. Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul. ISBN 978-605-60425-7-7. Online edition. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Saponaria orientalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Saponaria orientalis. Published online. Accessed: January 18 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Saponaria orientalis. Accessed: 18 January 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Saponaria orientalis. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 18. Reference page.