Sixalix
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Dipsacales |
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Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Dipsacoideae
Tribus: Scabioseae
Genus: Sixalix
Species:
S. arenaria –
S. atropurpurea –
S. cartenniana –
S. daucoides –
S. eremophila –
S. farinosa –
S. galianoi –
S. libyca –
S. parielii –
S. semipapposa –
S. thysdrusiana
Name
[edit]Sixalix Raf., Fl. Tell. 4: 95 (1838).
- Type species: S. daucoides (Desf.) Raf.
Synonyms
[edit]- Heterotypic
- Scabiosa sect. Cyrtostemma Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C. Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 756 (1823).
- Cyrtostemma (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. Phan. 10: 321 (1841).
- Type species: S. atropurpurea L.
- Cyrtostemma (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. Phan. 10: 321 (1841).
- Scabiosa sect. Vidua Coult., Mém. Dipsac. 37 (1823).
- Scabiosa subg. Spongostemma Rchb., Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 4: 24 (1826).
- Spongostemma (Rchb.) Rchb., Deutsche Bot. Herbarienbuch. (Nom.) 72 (1841).
- Type species: S. acutiflora Rchb.
- Type species: S. acutiflora Rchb.
- Spongostemma (Rchb.) Rchb., Deutsche Bot. Herbarienbuch. (Nom.) 72 (1841).
- Scabiosa sect. Cyrtostemma Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C. Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 756 (1823).
Note: This genus is very often considered as a synonym of Scabiosa s.l., see Hassler c.f. POWO (2025). Phylogenetic and morphological evidence is contradictory - see additional references.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Rafinesque, C.S. 1838 ("1836"). Flora Telluriana. Pars 4. 135 pp., Philadelphia. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) 1986. Med-Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries. Vol. 3: Dicotyledones (Convolvulaceae – Labiatae). cxxix + 395 pp., Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique, Genève, ISBN 2-8277-0153-7. Online version. Reference page. , (!pp. 196–197). online
- Carlson, S.E., Mayer, V. & Donoghue, M.J. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships, taxonomy, and morphological evolution in Dipsacaceae (Dipsacales) inferred by DNA sequence data. Taxon 58(4): 1075–1091. DOI: 10.1002/tax.584003 PDF Reference page.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2011. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 3: Dicotyledoneae: Balsaminaceae – Euphorbiaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0124-7, p. 401–402. PDF Online. Reference page.
- Mayer, V. & Ehrendorfer, F. 2013. The phylogenetic position of Pterocephalidium and the new African genus Pterothamnus within an improved classification of Dipsacaceae. Taxon 62(1): 112–126. DOI: 10.1002/tax.621010 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Hassler, M. 2025. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Sixalix Accessed: 12 Feb. 2025. Reference page. [accepting Sixalix]
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Sixalix in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb. 12. Reference page. [as synonym of Scabiosa]
- Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Sixalix in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb. 12. [accepting Sixalix]
- International Plant Names Index. 2019. Sixalix. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 25 2019. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2019. Sixalix. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Aug. 2019.