Cistus creticus

Cistus creticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Cistus
Species:
C. creticus
Binomial name
Cistus creticus
Subspecies[1]
  • Cistus creticus subsp. creticus
  • Cistus creticus subsp. trabutii (Maire) Dobignard
Synonyms[1]
  • Cistus × incanus var. creticus (L.) Boiss. (1867)
  • Cistus × incanus subsp. creticus (L.) Heywood (1968)
  • Cistus polymorphus f. creticus (L.) Batt. (1888)
  • Cistus polymorphus var. creticus (L.) Ball (1877)
  • Cistus villosus subsp. creticus (L.) Nyman (1878)
  • Cistus villosus var. creticus (L.) Boiss. (1867)
  • Cistus vulgaris Spach (1836), nom. superfl.
  • Cistus vulgaris var. creticus (L.) Steud. (1840), nom. superfl.

Cistus creticus (pink rock-rose, hoary rock-rose) is a species of shrubby plant in the family Cistaceae. Though it usually has pink flowers, of 4.5–5 cm diameter, this species is very variable. It is widely known as a decorative plant. It is frequently called "Cistus incanus". (The true Cistus × incanus is the hybrid C. albidus × C. crispus.[2])

It is native to the central and eastern Mediterranean Basin, including Morocco, Corsica and Sardinia, Italy and southeastern Europe, Turkey, and the Levant.[1]

Taxonomy

The name Cistus creticus was first used by Carl Linnaeus in 1762.[3] Confusion exists between this name and one published earlier by Linnaeus, Cistus incanus. As used by many authors, but not Linnaeus, the name "C. incanus" is taken to refer to Cistus creticus, particularly C. creticus subsp. eriocephalus.[4]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are accepted.[1]

  • Cistus creticus subsp. creticus – central and eastern Mediterranean Basin
  • Cistus creticus subsp. trabutii (Maire) Dobignard – Morocco

There are also several well-known cultivars, such as 'Lasithi' with compact, rounded flowers.

Phylogeny

Cistus creticus belongs to the clade of species with purple and pink flowers (the "purple pink clade" or PPC), in a subclade with C. heterophyllus and C. albidus.

Species-level cladogram of Cistus species.

  Halimium spp.  

     

  Halimium spp.  

PPC  
     

  Cistus crispus  

     
     

  Cistus heterophyllus  

     

  Cistus albidus  

  Cistus creticus  

  WWPC  
  Purple
  Pink
  Clade
  White
  Whitish Pink
  Clade
Species-level cladogram of Cistus species, based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences.[5][2][6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Cistus creticus L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b Guzmán, B. & Vargas, P. (2005), "Systematics, character evolution, and biogeography of Cistus L. (Cistaceae) based on ITS, trnL-trnF, and matK sequences", Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 37 (3): 644–660, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.026, PMID 16055353, p. 646
  3. ^ "Cistus creticus", The Plant List, retrieved 2015-03-01
  4. ^ "Cistus creticus subsp. eriocephalus", The Plant List, retrieved 2015-03-01
  5. ^ Guzmán, B. & Vargas, P. (2009). "Historical biogeography and character evolution of Cistaceae (Malvales) based on analysis of plastid rbcL and trnL-trnF sequences". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 9 (2): 83–99. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2009.01.001.
  6. ^ Guzman, B.; Lledo, M.D. & Vargas, P. (2009). "Adaptive Radiation in Mediterranean Cistus (Cistaceae)". PLOS ONE. 4 (7): e6362. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...4.6362G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006362. PMC 2719431. PMID 19668338.
  7. ^ Civeyrel, Laure; Leclercq, Julie; Demoly, Jean-Pierre; Agnan, Yannick; Quèbre, Nicolas; Pélissier, Céline & Otto, Thierry (2011), "Molecular systematics, character evolution, and pollen morphology of Cistus and Halimium (Cistaceae)", Plant Systematics and Evolution, 295 (1–4): 23–54, doi:10.1007/s00606-011-0458-7, S2CID 21995828
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