Valantia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus: Valantia
Species: V. aprica – V. calva – V. columella – V. deltoidea – V. hispida – V. lainzii – V. muralis

Valantia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1051 (1753); Gen Pl., ed. 5: 471 (1754).

Lectotype species: Valantia muralis L., designated by N.L. Britton, Fl. Bermuda 366 (28 Feb 1918), approved by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 193 (Aug 1929).

Homotypic
- Vaillantia Hoffm., Deutschl. Fl. Bot. Taschenb. 4: 274 (1804), orth. var.
Heterotypic
- Meionandra Gauba, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 86: 62 (1937).
  - Type species: Meionandra columella (Ehrenb. ex Boiss.) Gauba (Galium columella Ehrenb. ex Boiss.)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bermuda, Trinidad-Tobago (introduced).

Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Valantia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Dec 11. Reference page.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Valantia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2018 Dec 17.

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