Campanulaceae
Legousia

Legousia speculum-veneris (L.) Chaix

First published in D.Villars, Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 1: 338 (1786)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Iran. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Netherlands, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Algeria, Czechoslovakia, Egypt

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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

  • Chaix in Vill., Pl. Dauph. 1: 338 (1786);
  • Damboldt in Fl. Turk. 6: 85 (1978).
  • Fedorov in Fl. URSS 24: 428 (1957);
  • Rech. f. & Schiman-Czeika in Fl. Iranica 13: 6 (1965);
  • Zohary, Fl. Palaest. 3: 283 (1978);

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Western, A.C. [133], Israel K000286210 No
Meyers, F.S. [711], Jordan K000286209 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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