- Family:
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Valantia L.
Valantia hispida L.

[FSOM]
M. Thulin. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1–4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Distribution
- From the Canary Is in the west to Iran in the east.
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, up to 20 cm tall, hispid
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves oblanceolate to broadly obovate, c. 5–10 x 2–5 mm
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
- Peduncle and pedicel becoming strongly thickened and dorsally with many straight bristles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla whitish,±cup-shaped and 1.5–2 mm in diam. in bisexual flowers
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Mericarps 1–1.5 mm in diam., finely papillose.
Native to:
Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Introduced into:
Bermuda, France, Trinidad-Tobago
Valantia hispida L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Kotschy, K.G.T. [387], Iraq | K000772304 | Yes | |||
Kotschy, K.G.T. [387], Iraq | K000772303 | Yes |
First published in Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1307 (1759)
Accepted by
- Bergmeier, E., Blockeel, T., Böhling, N., Fournaraki, C., Gotsiou, P., Jahn, R., Lansdown, R. & Turland, N. (2011). An inventory of the vascular plants and bryophytes of Gavdopoula island (S Aegean, Greece) and its phytogeographical significance. Willdenowia 41: 179-190.
- Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2007). Flora Iberica 15: 1-449. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- 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. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Ehrendorfer, F., Schönbeck-Temesy, E., Puff, C. & Rechinger, W. (2005). Rubiaceae. Flora Iranica 176: 1-287. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
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Flora of Somalia
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