Brassicaceae
Iberis

Iberis odorata L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 649 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Canary Islands, N. Africa, Central Greece to Iran. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe

Introduced into:

Assam, India

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Al-Eisawi, D. (2016). Taxonomic synopsis of Brassicaceae for the flora of Jordan. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 71: 219-226.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Jalas, J., Suominen, J. & Lampinen, R. (eds.) (1996). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 11: 1-310.
  • Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Al-Eisawi, D. (2016). Taxonomic synopsis of Brassicaceae for the flora of Jordan. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 71: 219-226.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1965). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 1: 1-567. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Jalas, J., Suominen, J. & Lampinen, R. (eds.) (1996). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 11: 1-310.
  • Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Botany staff [43397] Iraq K000318424 Yes
Samuelsson, G. [3619] Syria K000318423 Yes
Choulette, S. [106] Algeria Iberis parviflora K000230510 Unknown Type Material No
Munby [54] Algeria Iberis parviflora K000230511 Unknown Type Material No
[s.n.] Algeria Iberis parviflora K000230509 Unknown Type Material No
s.coll. [89] Turkey Iberis acutiloba K000484128 Type Yes
Aucher - Eloy [350] Turkey Iberis acutiloba K000484127 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images