Limonium axillare

Limonium axillare
Limonium axillare

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Plumbaginaceae
Tribus: Limonieae
Genus: Limonium
Species: Limonium axillare

Name

Limonium axillare (Forssk.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Statice axillaris Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 58 (1775).
  • Heterotypic
    • Taxanthema attenuatum R.Br. in H.Salt, Voy. Abyss., App.: Ixiv (1814), nom. inval.
    • Statice attenuata Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 798 (1820).
    • Eurychiton adensis Nimmo in J.Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay: Add. (1839).
    • Statice bovei Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 1: 157 (1844).
    • Statice arabica Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 1: 156 (1844).
    • Limonium arabicum (Jaub. & Spach) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891).
    • Statice lanceolata Edgew., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16: 1218 (1847), nom. illeg.
    • Statice adensis Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 670 (1848).
    • Statice somalorum Vierh., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 71: 400 (1907).
      • Limonium somalorum (Vierh.) Hutch. & E.A.Bruce, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 158 (1941).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Egypt.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Sinai.
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Pakistan.

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

References

Primary references

  • Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2013. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 5: Dicotyledoneae: Oleaceae – Zygophyllaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0128-5, 451 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • العربية: كسب
  • English: Sea lavender
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