Plantago squarrosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Plantago squarrosa Murray, Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 4(Cl. Phys.): 38 (1781 publ. 1782).

Homotypic
- Psyllium squarrosum (Murray) Dum.Cours., Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 2: 492 (1811).
Heterotypic
- Plantago aegyptica Jacq., Collectanea 1: 45 (1787).
  - Psyllium aegyptiacum (Jacq.) Mirb., Hist. Nat. Pl. 14: 333 (1805).
- Plantago squarrosa var. brachystachys Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 893 (1879).
- Plantago squarrosa var. gaudensis Dörfl. ex Vierh. & Rech.f., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 84: 179 (1935).
- Plantago sarcophylla Boiss. ex Zohary, Palestine J. Bot., Jerusalem Ser. 1: 230 (1938).
- Plantago chamaepsyllium Zohary, Palestine J. Bot., Jerusalem Ser. 1: 229 (1938).
  - Psyllium chamaepsyllium (Zohary) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 173 (1973).
- Psyllium sarcophyllum (Boiss. ex Zohary) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 173 (1973).

Plantago squarrosa Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 178 (1835), nom. illeg. vide Plantago aristata Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 95 (1803).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Kriti. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt, Libya. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Murray, J.A. 1781 publ. 1782. De plantis aliquot minus cognitis nuperioris H. R. B. proventus. Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis 4 (Cl. Phys.): 26–45. Google Books Reference page.

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