Telephium

Telephium are a genus of flowering plants in the family Molluginaceae or Caryophyllaceae, found in Mediterranean parts of Europe, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and western Asia.[2] They are annual or perennial herbs, sometimes becoming woody at their bases.[3] Together with Corrigiola they form the tribe Corrigioleae.[4]

Telephium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Corrigioleae
Genus: Telephium
L.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Merophragma Dulac
  • Raynaudetia Bubani

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Telephium barbeyanum Bornm.
  • Telephium eriglaucum F.N.Williams
  • Telephium imperati L.
  • Telephium oligospermum Steud. ex Boiss.
  • Telephium sphaerospermum Boiss.

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 271 (1753)
  2. "Telephium L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. Kubitzki, Klaus; Rohwer, Jens G; Bittrich, Volker, eds. (1993). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families. II. p. 225. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-02899-5. ISBN 978-3-642-08141-5. S2CID 38606188.
  4. Harbaugh, Danica T.; Nepokroeff, Molly; Rabeler, Richard K.; McNeill, John; Zimmer, Elizabeth A.; Wagner, Warren L. (2010). "A New Lineage‐Based Tribal Classification of the Family Caryophyllaceae". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 171 (2): 185–198. doi:10.1086/648993. S2CID 55826969.
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