Succisa

The bumble-bee (Bombus sp.) on the inflorescence of the devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipsacales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Dipsacales

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Dipsacoideae
Tribus: Succiseae
Genus: Succisa
Species: S. pinnatifida – S. pratensis – S. trichotocephala

Name

Succisa Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helv. 1: 87 (1768).

  • Type species: Succisa pratensis Moench, Methodus: 489 (1794).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine.
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania,Yugoslavia.
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France, Portugal, Spain.
  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Madeira.
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Tunisia.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon.
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan.
    • Siberia
      • Altay, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia.
    • Western Asia
      • Turkey.

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

References

Primary references

  • Haller, A. von 1768. Historia Stirpium Indigenarum Helvetiae Inchoata 1: 87.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Каманішнік
čeština: čertkus
Deutsch: Teufelsabbiss
English: Devil’s Bit Scabious
eesti: Peetrileht
suomi: Purtojuuret
français: Succises
hornjoserbsce: Pupawač
magyar: Ördögharaptafű
lietuvių: Miegalė
polski: Czarcikęs
русский: Сивец
slovenčina: čertkus
svenska: Ängsväddar
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