Ballota

Ballota nigra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
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:
Species: B. grisea – B. nigra – B. philistaea – B. platyloma

Species proposed to be placed into Pseudodictamnus (Siadati et al., 2018), but without combination in this genus: B. adenophora – B. andreuzziana – B. antalyensis – B. antilibanotica – B. byblensis – B. cristata – B. glandulosissima – B. kaiseri – B. larendana – B. luteola – B. macrodonta – B. saxatilis – B. sechmenii – B. vellerea

Species placed into Pseudodictamnus (Siadati et al., 2018): B. acetabulosa – B. africana – B. aucheri – B. bullata – B. damascena – B. hirsuta – B. hispanica – B. inaequidens – B. latibracteolata – B. macedonica – B. pseudodictamnus – B. rotundifolia – B. undulata

Source(s) of checklist: 
Checklist based critically on accepted species according to Govaerts et al. (2015) and Tropicos (2015). Recent changes: Siadati et al., 2018

Name

Ballota L., Sp. Pl. 2: 582 (1753); Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 253 (1754).

  • Lectotype species: Ballota nigra L., Sp. Pl. 2: 582 (1753), designated by N.L. Britton & A.Brown 1913: 122, supported by M.L.Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 165 (Aug 1929).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
[reduced to the four remaining species]
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Northern Europe
      • Great Britain, Ireland (introduced), Sweden.
    • Regional: Middle Europe
      • Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland.
    • Regional: Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula.
    • Regional: Eastern Europe
      • Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Siberia
      • Altay, West Siberia (introduced).
    • Regional: Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan (introduced).
    • Regional: Caucasus
      • North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • New Zealand North (introduced).
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: South-Central Pacific
      • Pitcairn Islands (introduced).
  • Continental: Northern America (introduced)
    • Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
      • Wisconsin.
    • Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
      • New York.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Maryland.
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast (introduced).

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

  • العربية: دانة
  • azərbaycanca: Ballota
  • беларуская: Белакудранік
  • català: Ballota
  • čeština: balota
  • Deutsch: Schwarznesseln
  • English: Horehound
  • Esperanto: Baloteo
  • فارسی: فراسیون‌آسا
  • suomi: Porrot
  • עברית: גלונית
  • hornjoserbsce: Měrnica
  • polski: Mierznica
  • русский: Белокудренник
  • slovenčina: balota
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