Distribution
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Austria, Canary Is., Czechoslovakia, Germany, Great Britain, Madeira, Poland, Switzerland
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Aparine tricornis Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 397 (1868), nom. superfl.
- Aparine verrucosa (Huds.) Moench in Methodus: 640 (1794)
- Galium tricorne Stokes in W.Withering, Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 2. 1: 153 (1787), nom. superfl.
- Galium valantia Weber in F.H.Wiggers, Prim. Fl. Holsat.: 12 (1780), nom. superfl.
- Rubia tricornis Baill. in Hist. Pl. 7: 373 (1880), nom. superfl.
- Valantia aparine L. in Sp. Pl.: 1051 (1753)
- Valantia tricornis Roth in Neue Beytr. Bot. 1: 142 (1802), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Galium granulatum (Spreng.) Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 3: 249 (1818)
- Galium saccharatum All. in Auct. Syn. Meth. Stirp. Hort. Regii Taur.: 9 (1773)
- Galium saccharatum var. pleianthum Murb. in Acta Univ. Lund. 33(12): 91 (1897)
- Galium vaillantii var. halophilum Ponzo in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1912: 105 (1912)
- Galium verrucosum subsp. halophilum (Ponzo) Lambinon in Bull. Soc. Échange Pl. Vasc. Eur. Occid. Bassin Médit. 26: 83 (1997)
- Galium verrucosum var. halophilum (Ponzo) Natali & Jeanm. in Candollea 43: 397 (1988)
- Valantia granulata Spreng. in J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 200 (1801)
- Valantia saccharata (All.) C.C.Gmel. in Fl. Bad. 3: 781 (1808)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Bergmeier, E. (2011). New floristic records, confirmations and other phytogeographical notes from Crete (Greece). Willdenowia 41: 167-177.
- Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2007). Flora Iberica 15: 1-449. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- 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.
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
- Vladimirov, V., Dane, F., Matevski, V. & Kit Tan (2012). New floristic records in the Balkans: 18. Phytologia Balcanica 18: 69-92.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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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 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images