Lomelosia caucasica

Life-forms

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: Lomelosieae
Genus: Lomelosia
Sectio: L. sect. Lomelosia
Species: Lomelosia caucasica
Name

Lomelosia caucasica (M.Bieb.) Greuter & Burdet, Willdenowia 15(1): 73. 1985.
Synonyms

Basionym
Scabiosa caucasica M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 98. 1808.
Homotypic
Asterocephalus caucasicus (M.Bieb.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 1: 381. 1824.
Sclerostemma caucasicum (M.Bieb.) Schott in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis, 3: 84. 1818, nom. inval. pro syn. (IPNI, POWO etc: “K.P.J.Sprengel, Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 3: 84. 1826.”)
Trochocephalus caucasicus (M.Bieb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Preslia 46: 133. 1974.
Heterotypic
Scabiosa caucasea Sims, Bot. Mag. 23: t. 886. 1805.
Scabiosa elegans Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 24. 1815.
Asterocephalus elegans (Spreng.) Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 8. 1816.
Scabiosa caerulea Kielm., Diss. Pl. Hort. Tuebing. 16. 1814.
Scabiosa grandiflora Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 525. 1841, nom. illeg. non Scop. nec Guss.
Scabiosa connata Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 128. 1813.
Sclerostemma connatum Schott in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis, 3: 84. 1818, nom. inval. pro syn. (IPNI, POWO etc: “K.P.J.Sprengel, Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 3: 84. 1826.”)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Caucasus
Northern Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya).
Regional: Western Asia
Iran (N-Iran), Turkey (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Greuter, W. & Raus, Th. (eds.) 1985. Med-Checklist Notulae, 11. Willdenowia 15(1): 61–84. JSTOR Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Lomelosia caucasica. 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. 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lomelosia caucasica in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lomelosia caucasica. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Lomelosia caucasica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Aug. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lomelosia caucasica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Lomelosia caucasica in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22.

Vernacular names
English: Caucasian Scabious, Caucasian Pincushion Flower
suomi: Kaukasiantörmäkukka
polski: Driakiew Kaukaska, Wdówka
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