Caprifoliaceae

Scabiosa L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 98 (1753), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia, Macaronesia to N. Africa, Eritrea to S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, China North-Central, Chita, Congo, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Malawi, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bermuda, Brazil South, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Ecuador, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tasmania, Texas, Uruguay, Washington

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Caputo, P., Cozzolino, S. & Moretti, A. (2004). Molecular phylogeneticsof Dipsacaceae reveals parallel trends in seeddispersal syndromes. Plant Systematics and Evolution 246: 163-175.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1976). Flora Europaea 4: 1-505. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of Iraq

  • Linnaeus, Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 43 (1754)
  • Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 98 (1753);

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 43 (1754).
  • in Sp. Pl. 1: 98 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 43 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 98 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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