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Succisella
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Succisella inflexa (southern succisella)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily: Dipsacoideae
Genus: Succisella
Beck (1893)
Species [1]

5; see text

Succisella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. [1] There are four or five species in the genus. [1] [2] They are all native to Europe; three are endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. [2]

Species

Five species are accepted. [2] [1]

Etymology

Succisella ostensibly means ‘cut off from below’ or ‘abruptly ending’. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Succisella", Plants of the World Online , retrieved 30 April 2024
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN   9780521685535 (paperback). p 366