Lomelosia caucasica
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| Lomelosia caucasica (syn. Scabiosa caucasica) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Lomelosia |
| Species: | L. caucasica
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| Binomial name | |
| Lomelosia caucasica (M.Bieb.) Greuter & Burdet
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lomelosia caucasica, the Caucasian pincushion flower,[2] pincushion-flower[3] or Caucasian scabious, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Caucasus, north eastern Turkey, and northern Iran. Growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall and broad, it is a clump-forming perennial with grey-green, divided leaves. Pincushion-shaped buds, borne on erect hairy, stems, open to pale blue or lavender flower heads, 4–8 cm (2–3 in) in diameter, from late summer through to autumn.[4]
It was formerly known as Scabiosa caucasica until 1985, when it became Lomelosia caucasica.[5] It is still listed in some sources as Scabiosa caucasica.[6]
Taxonomy[edit]
After a study of the family Dipsacaceae (by Verlaque 1983), the Scabioseae were then split into several genera, with S. caucasica placed in Lomelosia Raf. (Greuter 1985).[7] Further carpological (study of fruit and seeds) and palynological (dust study) studies (Mayer & Ehrendorf er 1999) have further confirmed this view, which has then been further substantiated by more recent data from molecular phylogenetics (Caputo & al. 2004;[8] Avino & al. 2009).[9][5]
The GBIF,[10] and United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, agreed to the name change.[11]
Ecology[edit]
The plant is highly attractive to bees and other pollinating insects.[12]
Cultivars[edit]
Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, in shades of red, purple, pink, blue and white. The cultivars of 'Clive Greaves',[13] (large, lavender blue),[6] and 'Miss Willmott',[14] (white with tall stems) have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6][15]
Other cultivars include:-
- 'Blue Perfection' (blue)
- 'Bressingham White' (white)
- 'Claire Greaves' (lavender blue)
- 'Compliment' (large blue)
- 'Fama' (large lavender blue)
- 'Floral Queen' (light blue)
- 'Loddon White' (white)
- 'Moonbeam Blue' (dark blue)
- 'Mrs Isaac House' (creamy white)
- 'Perfecta' (dark lavender blue)
- 'Perfecta Alba Blanc' (white)
- 'Staefa' (blue)
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References[edit]
- ^ "Lomelosia caucasica (M.Bieb.) Greuter & Burdet | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Scabiosa caucasica". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ a b Lack, H. Walter (17 July 2018). "The discovery and naming of Lomelosia caucasica (Dipsacaceae) with notes on its nomenclature and its early cultivation". Willdenowia. 48 (2): 185–194. doi:10.3372/wi.48.48202. S2CID 91252940.
- ^ a b c James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey and J. M. H. Shaw (editors) The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification ... (2011), p. 360, at Google Books
- ^ Greuter W. & Raus Th. (ed.), Med-Checklist Notulae, 11. — Willdenowia 15: 61–84. 1985
- ^ Caputo P., Cozzolino S. & Moretti A. 2004: Molecular phylogenetics of Dipsacaceae reveals [sic] parallel trends in seed dispersal syndromes. — Pl. Syst. Evol. 246: 163–175.
- ^ Avino M., Tortoriello G. & Caputo P. 2009: A phylogenetic analysis of Dipsacaceae (Dipsacales) based on four DNA regions. — Pl. Syst. Evol. 279: 69–86.
- ^ "Lomelosia caucasica (M.Bieb.) Greuter & Burdet". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Lomelosia caucasica (M. Bieb.) Greuter & Burdet GRIN-Global". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Bourne, Val. "Telegraph - how to grow - Scabiosa caucasica". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Scabiosa caucasica 'Clive Greaves'". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Scabiosa caucasica 'Miss Willmott'". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 95. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
Other sources[edit]
- Botanica, Einjährige und mehrjährige Pflanzen, Über 2000 Pflanzenporträts, ISBN 978-3-8331-4469-1, paĝe 790 (German)
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