Moluccella

Moluccella laevis (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Marrubieae
Genus: Moluccella
Species: M. aucheri – M. bucharica – M. fedtschenkoana – M. laevis – M. olgae – M. otostegioides – M. sogdiana – M. spinosa

Name

Moluccella L., Sp. Pl. 2: 587 (1753); Gen Pl., ed. 5: 255 (1754).

• Lectotypus: Moluccella laevis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 587 (1753), designated by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 165 (1929).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Molucca Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754)
• Heterotypic
  • Chasmonia C.Presl, Fl. Sicul.: xxxvii (1826)
  • Chartocalyx Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 367 (1879), nom. illeg.
  • Harmsiella Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 291 (1897)
  • Sulaimania Hedge & Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 150: 345 (1982)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Southwestern Europe Spain. Southeastern Europe Greece, Kriti, Italy, Sicilia. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan. Caucasus Transcaucasus. Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Palestine, Turkey. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 587. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 255. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Bendiksby, M., Thorbek, L., Scheen, A.-C., Lindqvist, C. & Ryding, P.O. 2011. An updated phylogeny and classification of Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae. Taxon 60(2): 471–484. DOI: 10.1002/tax.602015 ResearchGate Reference page.  Transfers Sulaimania and 4 species of Otostegia to this genus.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Moluccella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Moluccella. Published online. Accessed: October 2 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Moluccella. Accessed: 2 October 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Moluccella. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 2. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Kotilokukat