Petrorhagia

Petrorhagia

Synonymy

Petrorhagia (Ser.) Link, Handbuch 2: 235. 1829 sec. Rabeler & Hartman (2005b)

• ≡Gypsophila sect. Petrorhagia Ser., Prodr. 1: 354. 1824 syn. sec. Maarten & al. (2014)
• Type: Petrorhagia saxifraga (L.) Link

• =Tunica Ludw., Inst. Regn. Veg., ed. 2: 129. 1757 syn. sec. Bittrich (1993c)

• =Kohlrauschia Kunth, Fl. Berol. 2: 108. 1838 syn. sec. Bittrich (1993c)
• ≡Petrorhagia sect. Kohlrauschia (Kunth) P.W.Ball & Heywood in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 3: 121-172. 1964 syn. sec. Rabeler & Hartman (2005b)
• Type: Kohlrauschia prolifera (L.) Kunth

• =Fiedleria Rchb., Icon. Fl. German. 6: 42. 1844 syn. sec. Czerepanov (1981)
• Type: Fiedleria illyrica (Ard.) Rchb.

Content

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Notes

Comprising 33 species, ranging from the Canary Islands east to Kashmir. Shown to cluster as sister to a clade including Dianthus and Velezia by Harbaugh & al. (2010), Greenberg & Donoghue (2011) and Pirani & al. (2014). The genus has not been widely sampled. Although kept separate by Bittrich (1993c), most recent treatments of the genus include Kohlrauschia as a section in Petrorhagia following the monograph of Ball & Heywood (1964). This may deserve further investigation since Greenberg & Donoghue (2011) cited three samples in their study; a voucher of “P. velutina Guss.” (later name for P. dubia (Raf.) G. López & Romo) was shown as a sister to a clade including P. saxifraga (L.) Link and a second voucher of P. dubia; the identification of the vouchers should be verified.