| Succisella | |
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| Succisella inflexa (southern succisella) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsacoideae |
| Genus: | Succisella Beck (1893) |
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5; see text | |
Succisella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. There are four or five species in the genus. They are all native to Europe; three are endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.
Species
Five species are accepted.
- Succisella andreae-molinae Pajarón & Escudero – Spain
- Succisella carvalhoana (Mariz) Baksay – west-central Portugal
- Succisella inflexa (Kluk) Beck – southern succisella, Italy to Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Albania, and the Caucasus
- Succisella microcephala (Willk.) Beck – west-central Spain
- Succisella petteri (J.Kern. & Murb.) Beck – Albania and former Yugoslavia
Etymology
Succisella ostensibly means ‘cut off from below’ or ‘abruptly ending’.
References
- ^ "Succisella", Plants of the World Online, retrieved 30 April 2024
- ^ Amich, F., Devesa, J. A., & Bernardos, S. (2004). Taxonomic revision of the genus Succisella (Dipsacaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 144(3), 351-364.
- Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). p 366
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