Cistus creticus

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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
Synonyms

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.[1])

Taxonomy

The name Cistus creticus was first used by Carl Linnaeus in 1762.[2] 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.[3]

Subtaxa

  • Cistus creticus subsp. creticus
  • Cistus creticus subsp. corsicus (syn. Cistus × incanus subsp. corsicus)
  • Cistus creticus subsp. eriocephalus[4]
  • Cistus creticus f. albus

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][1][6][7]

References

  1. ^
    PMID 16055353
    , p. 646
  2. ^ "Cistus creticus", The Plant List, retrieved 2015-03-01
  3. ^ "Cistus creticus subsp. eriocephalus", The Plant List, retrieved 2015-03-01
  4. ^ "Cistus creticus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2009.01.001
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  6. PMID 19668338
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  7. S2CID 21995828

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