Cynomoriaceae
Cynomorium

Cynomorium coccineum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 970 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Canary Islands (Lanzarote), Medit. to Mauritania and Mongolia. It is a holoparasitic geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Altay, Baleares, Canary Is., China North-Central, Corse, Egypt, Gulf States, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Qinghai, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara, Xinjiang

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Dogignard, A. (2009). Contributions à la connaissance de la flore du Maroc et de l'Afrique du Nord. Nouvelle série. 2. La flore du Nord-Maroc. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 46-47: 1-136.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wickerson, S. Malta K:SPC-29047.545 No
Saudi Arabia K:SPC-17004.000 No
Letourneux, A. [134] K004394520 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Morocco K004394537 No
Pitard, C.-J. [3752] K004394540 No
Ibrahim [s.n.] Morocco K004394538 No
Paris, E.G. [s.n.] K004394534 No
[Philips W. Lamley] [6] K004394525 No
Lawton, R.M. [1954] K004394526 No
Joad, G.C. [1882] K004394532 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K004394531 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K004394539 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K004394533 No
Faurei, L. [s.n.] K004394530 No
[P.N.Munton] [s.n.] K004394527 No
Gattefossé, J. [s.n.] K004394536 No
Collenette, I.S. [992] K004394524 No
[Henderson] [1331] K004394523 No
Sandwith, N.Y. Libya K:SPC-18450.000 No
Miller, A.G. [6562] K004394529 No
Miehe, G.; Miehe, S. [7416] K004394548 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K004394535 No
Jury, S.L.; Lafkih, M.A.; Sbaih, H.A.; Ziri, R. [15889] Morocco K001275015 Yes
Dickson, V. [157] K004394528 No
Letourneux, A. [134bis] K004394521 No
Southeastern Europe K:SPC-66583.000 No
Simpson, N.D. [2590] K004394522 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images