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Succisella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae.[1] There are four or five species in the genus.[1][2] They are all native to Europe; three are endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.[2]
Species
Five species are accepted.[2][1]
- Succisella andreae-molinae Pajarón & Escudero – Spain
- Succisella carvalhoana (Mariz) Baksay – west-central Portugal
- Succisella inflexa (Kluk) Beck – southern succisella, Italy to Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Albania, and the Caucasus
- Succisella microcephala (Willk.) Beck – west-central Spain
- Succisella petteri (J.Kern. & Murb.) Beck – Albania and former Yugoslavia
Etymology
Succisella ostensibly means ‘cut off from below’ or ‘abruptly ending’.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Succisella", Plants of the World Online, retrieved 30 April 2024
- ^ a b c Amich, F., Devesa, J. A., & Bernardos, S. (2004). Taxonomic revision of the genus Succisella (Dipsacaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 144(3), 351-364.
- ^ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). p 366
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