Asteraceae
Scorzonera

Scorzonera cana (C.A.Mey.) Hoffm.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(5): 365 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to SW. Siberia and Iran. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia

Introduced into:

Germany, Poland, Switzerland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hatami, E. & al. (2020). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.50.50105. epublication.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Podospermum canum.]

Flora of Iraq

  • Chamberlain in Fl. Turkey 5: 635 (1975)
  • Lipshits in Fl. S.S.S.R. 29: 44 (1964)
  • O.Hoffm. in Pflanzenfam. 4, 5: 365 (1893)
  • Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 122: 27 (1977).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.477.2.7. epublication.
  • (2023). https://sbocc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Carnets-botaniques-n%C2%B0170.pdf. epublication.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images