Biology:Telephium

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Short description: Genus of Molluginaceae plants

Telephium
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Corrigioleae
Genus: Telephium
L.[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Merophragma Dulac
  • Raynaudetia Bubani

Telephium are a genus of flowering plants in the family Molluginaceae or Caryophyllaceae, found in Mediterranean parts of Europe, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and western Asia.[2] They are annual or perennial herbs, sometimes becoming woody at their bases.[3] Together with Corrigiola they form the tribe Corrigioleae.[4]

The generic name is derived from a Greek word for a plant thought to be a symbol of reciprocated love ("far-off-lover").[5]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Telephium barbeyanum Bornm.
  • Telephium eriglaucum F.N.Williams
  • Telephium imperati L.
  • Telephium oligospermum Steud. ex Boiss.
  • Telephium sphaerospermum Boiss.

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 271 (1753)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Telephium L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16361-1. 
  3. Kubitzki, Klaus; Rohwer, Jens G; Bittrich, Volker, eds (1993). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families. II. p. 225. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-02899-5. ISBN 978-3-642-08141-5. 
  4. Harbaugh, Danica T.; Nepokroeff, Molly; Rabeler, Richard K.; McNeill, John; Zimmer, Elizabeth A.; Wagner, Warren L. (2010). "A New Lineage‐Based Tribal Classification of the Family Caryophyllaceae". International Journal of Plant Sciences 171 (2): 185–198. doi:10.1086/648993. 
  5. Gledhill H. 1985. The Names of Plants. Cambridge University Press. ISBN:0521366755

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