Goniolimon

Goniolimon
Goniolimon tataricum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Plumbaginaceae
Genus:	Goniolimon Boiss. [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
IkonnikoviaLincz.

Goniolimon, sometimes called the statices, are a genus of flowering plants in the leadwort and plumbago family Plumbaginaceae, native to northern Africa, southern Europe, western and central Asia, Siberia, Mongolia and China. ^[2] Low-lying perennial shrubs, some species are cultivated as ground covers. ^[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include: ^[4]

• Goniolimon africanum Buzurovic, Bogdanovic & Brullo
• Goniolimon besserianum (Schult. ex Rchb.) Kusn.
• Goniolimon callicomum (C.A.Mey.) Boiss.
• Goniolimon caucasicum Klokov
• Goniolimon dalmaticum (C.Presl) Rchb.
• Goniolimon dshungaricum (Regel) O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.
• Goniolimon elatum (Fisch. ex Spreng.) Boiss.
• Goniolimon eximium (Schrenk) Boiss.
• Goniolimon glaberrimum (Aiton) Klokov
• Goniolimon gorczakovskyi Knjaz.
• Goniolimon graminifolium (Aiton) Boiss.
• Goniolimon heldreichii Halácsy
• Goniolimon incanum (L.) Hepper
• Goniolimon italicum Tammaro, Pignatti & Frizzi
• Goniolimon krylovii A.V.Grebenjuk
• Goniolimon orthocladum Rupr.
• Goniolimon rubellum (S.G.Gmel.) Klokov
• Goniolimon sartorii Boiss.
• Goniolimon sewerzowii Herder
• Goniolimon speciosum (L.) Boiss.
• Goniolimon tataricum (L.) Boiss.

Former species; Goniolimon salicorniaceum(F.Muell.) Christenh. & Byng now called Muellerolimon salicorniaceum (F. Muell.) Lincz. ^[2]

References

1. A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 632 (1848)
2. Koutroumpa, Konstantina; Theodoridis, Spyros; Warren, Ben H.; Jiménez, Ares; Celep, Ferhat; Doğan, Musa; Romeiras, Maria M.; Santos-Guerra, Arnoldo; Fernández-Palacios, Jóse María; Caujapé-Castells, Juli; Moura, Mónica; Menezes De Sequeira, Miguel; Conti, Elena (2018). "An expanded molecular phylogeny of Plumbaginaceae, with emphasis on Limonium (Sea lavenders): Taxonomic implications and biogeographic considerations". Ecology and Evolution. 8 (24): 12397–12424. Bibcode:2018EcoEv...812397K. doi:10.1002/ece3.4553. PMC   6308857 . PMID   30619554.
3. Kubitzki, Klaus; Rohwer, Jens G.; Bittrich, Volker (29 June 2013). Flowering Plants: Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families. Springer. p. 529. ISBN   9783662028995.
4. "Goniolimon". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 June 2020.