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Telephium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Tribe:	Corrigioleae
Genus:	Telephium; L.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Merophragma Dulac; Raynaudetia Bubani;

Telephium are a genus of flowering plants in the family Molluginaceae or Caryophyllaceae, found in Mediterranean parts of Europe, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and western Asia.^[2] They are annual or perennial herbs, sometimes becoming woody at their bases.^[3] Together with Corrigiola they form the tribe Corrigioleae.^[4]

The generic name is derived from a Greek word for a plant thought to be a symbol of reciprocated love ("far-off-lover").^[5]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

Telephium barbeyanum Bornm.
Telephium eriglaucum F.N.Williams
Telephium imperati L.
Telephium oligospermum Steud. ex Boiss.
Telephium sphaerospermum Boiss.

References

^ Sp. Pl.: 271 (1753)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Telephium L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ Kubitzki, Klaus; Rohwer, Jens G; Bittrich, Volker, eds. (1993). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families. Vol. II. p. 225. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-02899-5. ISBN 978-3-642-08141-5. S2CID 38606188.
^ Harbaugh, Danica T.; Nepokroeff, Molly; Rabeler, Richard K.; McNeill, John; Zimmer, Elizabeth A.; Wagner, Warren L. (2010). "A New Lineage-Based Tribal Classification of the Family Caryophyllaceae". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 171 (2): 185–198. doi:10.1086/648993. S2CID 55826969.
^ Gledhill H. 1985. The Names of Plants. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521366755