Caryophyllaceae
Gymnocarpos

Gymnocarpos sclerocephalus (Decne.) Dahlgren & Thulin

First published in Edinburgh J. Bot. 59: 233 (2002)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, SE. Spain, N. Africa to W. & S. Iran and Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Western Sahara

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Daoud, H.S. in Al-Rawi, A. (1985). Flora of Kuwait 1: 1-224. Alden Press Ltd., U.K.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. & Edmandson, J.R. (eds.) (2016). Flora of Iraq 5(1): 1-284. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (2003). Flora of Oman 1: 1-262. National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise.
  • Guinea, E. (1948). Catálogo razonado de las plantas del Sáhara Español. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 8: 357-429.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
  • Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
McDonald, Major. [s.n.] Arabian Peninsula Sclerocephalus arabicus K000681885 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [4513] Oman Sclerocephalus arabicus K000681886 Unknown Type Material Yes
Moseley, H.N. [12] Arabian Peninsula Sclerocephalus arabicus K000681887 Unknown Type Material Yes
s, coll. [s.n.] Arabian Peninsula Sclerocephalus arabicus K000681888 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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