Moluccella

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Marrubieae
Genus: Moluccella
Species

M. aucheri – M. bucharica – M. fedtschenkoana – M. laevis – M. olgae – M. otostegioides – M. sogdiana – M. spinosa

Name

Moluccella L., Sp. Pl. 2: 587 (1753); Gen Pl., ed. 5: 255. 1754.

Lectotypus: Moluccella laevis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 587 (1753), designated by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 165. 1929.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Molucca Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754)
Heterotypic
Chasmonia C.Presl, Fl. Sicul.: xxxvii (1826)
Chartocalyx Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 367 (1879), nom. illeg.
Harmsiella Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 291 (1897)
Sulaimania Hedge & Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 150: 345 (1982)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 587. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 255. Reference page.

Additional references

Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195 in International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Bendiksby, M., Thorbek, L., Scheen, A.-C., Lindqvist, C. & Ryding, P.O. 2011. An updated phylogeny and classification of Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae. Taxon 60(2): 471–484. DOI: 10.1002/tax.602015 ResearchGate Reference page. Transfers Sulaimania and 4 species of Otostegia to this genus.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Moluccella in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 June 12. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Moluccella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 June 2014.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Moluccella in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 Apr 30.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Moluccella. Published online. Accessed: June 12 2014.

Vernacular names
suomi: Kotilokukat

Moluccella is a genus of annual and short-lived perennial plants native to Central + southwestern Asia and the Mediterranean.[1] They are tall, upright, branched plants to 1 meter or more with toothed leaves and small white fragrant flowers.[2][3]

Species[1]

Moluccella aucheri (Boiss.) Scheen - Iran, Pakistan
Moluccella bucharica (B.Fedtsch.) Ryding - Uzbekistan
Moluccella fedtschenkoana (Kudr.) Ryding - Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Moluccella laevis L. - Bells of Ireland - Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq, Caucasus, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey; naturalized in scattered locations in Europe, Africa, and North America
Moluccella olgae (Regel) Ryding - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
Moluccella otostegioides Prain - Pakistan
Moluccella sogdiana (Kudr.) Ryding - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
Moluccella spinosa L. - Mediterranean from Spain + Algeria to Turkey + Palestine

Cultivation

Marginally frost hardy, these plants prefer full sun and moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil. Propagation is from seed.
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.