Lomelosia

Lomelosia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae and the subfamily of Dipsacoideae. The genus includes over 50-63, perennial and annual species, diffused around the Mediterranean Sea, with the greatest diversity of species concentrated in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (including the Arabian Peninsula), and also has a few species reaching as far east as China.

Lomelosia
Lomelosia palaestina at Kufranja Dam in Jordan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily: Dipsacoideae
Genus: Lomelosia
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Species

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Synonyms
  • Callistemma (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 146 (1875)
  • Scabiosiopsis Rech.f., Willdenowia 19: 153 (1989)
  • Tereiphas Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 95 (1838)
  • Tremastelma Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 96 (1838)
  • Zygostemma Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 10: 164 (1909)

Morphologically, the genus accommodates all Scabiosa taxa with a pitted epicalyx. (an involucre (structure surrounding or supporting, usually a head of flowers) resembling an outer calyx (collective term for the sepals of the flower).

Some older books still list them under Scabiosa. or list both names together. Such as Scabiosa sicula L. [Lomelosia divaricata Jacq.) Greuter & Burdet].

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