Family:
Cistaceae Juss.
Genus:
Cistus L.

Cistus creticus L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Central & E. Medit.

Doubtfully present in:

Algeria, Libya, Morocco

Native to:

Albania, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sardegna, Sicilia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

California, New Zealand North, New Zealand South

Cistus creticus L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 29, 2005 Durbye, Th. [110], Italy K000350924 No
Jun 29, 2005 coll. ign. [s.n.], Italy K000350925 No
Marcowicz [3924] K000651101 Yes

First published in Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 738 (1762)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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