Scabiosa balcanica

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: Scabiosa
Species: Scabiosa balcanica

Name

Scabiosa balcanica (Velen.) Velen., Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1888(2): 40 (1889).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scabiosa ochroleuca var. balcanica Velen., Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 7, 1(8): 19 (1886).
• Homotypic
  • Scabiosa columbaria subsp. balcanica (Velen.) Kokkini in P.A.K.Strid & Kit Tan (eds.), Mount. Fl. Greece 2: 366 (1991).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece, Yugoslavia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Velenovský, J. 1888. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe 1888(2): 40.

Additional references

• Jasiewicz, A. 1976. Scabiosa. Pp. 68–74 in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). xxix + 505 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-08717-1. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatroú, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013. Vascular Plants of Greece: An Annotated Checklist. Englera 31: 1–368. JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Scabiosa balcanica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Scabiosa balcanica. Published online. Accessed: 15 Feb 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Scabiosa balcanica. Accessed: 15 Feb 2025.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Scabiosa balcanica. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb 15. Reference page.