Valantia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus:
Species: V. aprica – V. calva – V. columella – V. deltoidea – V. hispida – V. lainzii – V. muralis

Name

Valantia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1051 (1753); Gen Pl., ed. 5: 471 (1754).

  • Lectotype species: Valantia muralis L., designated by N.L. Britton, Fl. Bermuda 366 (28 Feb 1918), approved by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 193 (Aug 1929).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Vaillantia Hoffm., Deutschl. Fl. Bot. Taschenb. 4: 274 (1804), orth. var.
  • Heterotypic
    • Meionandra Gauba, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 86: 62 (1937).
      • Type species: Meionandra columella (Ehrenb. ex Boiss.) Gauba (Galium columella Ehrenb. ex Boiss.)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia.
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Bermuda, Trinidad-Tobago (introduced).

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
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