Legousia pentagonia (L.) Thell.

First published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 46: 465 (1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Greece to Iran. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe

Introduced into:

Czechoslovakia, Germany

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A. & Edmondson, J.R. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Iraq 5(2): 1-349. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Iraq

  • Bornmuller in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 61: 74 (1941);
  • Damboldt in Fl. Turk. 6: 85 (1978).
  • Fedorov in Fl. URSS 24: 429 (1957);
  • Rech. f. & Schiman-Czeika in Fl. Iranica 13: 6 (1965);
  • Thell. in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zurich 46: 465 (1908);
  • Zohary in Fl. Palest. 3d. 2, 2: 170 (1933);
  • Zohary, Fl. Palaest. 3: 284 (1978);

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Grisebach, A.H.R. [s.n.] Greece K000814500 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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
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