Cistanche

Cistanche tubulosa

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: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Orobancheae
Genus: Cistanche
Species: C. aethiopica – C. afghanica – C. armena – C. christisonioides – C. compacta – C. deserticola – C. feddeana – C. fissa – C. flava – C. lanzhouensis – C. laxiflora – C. lutea – C. mauritanica – C. mongolica – C. phelypaea – C. ridgewayana – C. rosea – C. salsa – C. sinensis – C. speciosa – C. stenostachya – C. trivalvis – C. tubulosa – C. violacea

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cistanche in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 November 03. Reference page.

Name

Cistanche Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 318 (1809).

Type species: Not designated. [only taxon mentioned in the protologue: Cistanche lutea (Desf.) Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 319 (1813), nom. illeg. = Cistanche phelypaea]

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Haemodoron Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 212b (1828).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France (introduced), Portugal, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy, Kriti.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - East European Russia, South European Russia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Selvagens.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Mozambique.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, China North-Central, Qinghai, Xinjiang.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India, Pakistan.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Hoffmannsegg, J.C. & Link, H.F. 1809–1820. Flore Portugaise ou description de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en Portugal. Vol. 1. [i–viii], [1]–54, 59–458 p. Berlin: Amelang. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cistanche in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cistanche. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2021.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cistanche. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2021. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cistanche. Accessed: 15 Dec 2021.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Sistanxe
Esperanto: Cistanĉo
עברית: יחנוק המדבר
русский: Цистанхе

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