Campanulaceae
Legousia

Legousia falcata (Ten.) Fritsch ex Janch.

First published in Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereins Univ. Wien, n.s., 5: 100 (1907)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia to Iran and Eritrea. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Guerrero, S.A. & van Welzen, P.C. (2011). revision of Malesian Endospermum (Euphorbiaceae) with notes on phylogeny and historical biogeography. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 443-482.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Iraq

  • Bornmuller in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 61: 74 (1941);
  • Damboldt in Fl. Turk. 6: 84 (1978).
  • Fedorov in Fl. URSS 24: 431 (1957);
  • Fritsch ex Janch. in Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereins. Univ. Wien n.s. 5: 100 (1907);
  • Rech. f. & Schiman-Czeika in Fl. Iranica 13: 5 (1965);
  • Zohary, Fl. Palaest. 3: 284 (1978);

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Guerrero, S.A. & van Welzen, P.C. (2011). revision of Malesian Endospermum (Euphorbiaceae) with notes on phylogeny and historical biogeography. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 443-482.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Lang [s.n.] Spain Legousia castellana K000814501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bové, M. [217] Algeria Triodanis falcata K000814497 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [407] Iran Triodanis falcata K000814499 Unknown Type Material Yes
Swainson, W. [s.n.] Italy Triodanis falcata K000814496 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lemann, C.M. [s.n.] Portugal Triodanis falcata K000814493 Isotype Yes
Lowe [s.n.] Triodanis falcata K000814494 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tenore [s.n.] Triodanis falcata K000814498 Unknown Type Material Yes
Norman [794] Portugal Triodanis falcata K000814495 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lemann, C.M. [s.n.] Portugal Triodanis falcata K000814492 Holotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images