Reichardia tingitana

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Reichardia tingitana

Reichardia tingitana in Spain
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Reichardia
Species:	R. tingitana
Binomial name
*Reichardia tingitana* (L.) Roth (1787)^[1]
Synonyms
Reichardia orientalis (L.) Asch. & Schweinf.

Reichardia tingitana is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae that is distributed primarily throughout Mediterranean and West Asia.^[2] It is known by the common name false sowthistle.^[3]

Description

The leaves have an alternate arrangement and are entire with serrated margins. No stipule is present on the petiole.^[3]

An annual plant, its flowering period is from March to May. Like most angiosperms, its flowers are hermaphroditic. The petals are of a yellow color.^[3]

Main habitat

As a glycophyte, it is accustomed to growing in saline soils. Arid deserts and shrub-steppes are its most common habitats.^[3] It also grows well in sandy depressions in the Middle East.^[4]

In France, it is a naturalized species.^[1] Another country it has been introduced to is Australia, where it is commonly recognized as a minor weed. There its main habitats are urban sites, coastal dunes and alluvial plains.^[2]

It has been recorded in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and eastern Saudi Arabia.^[4] Common names for it in Arabia are huzan, mureer, and murar.^[5] Uses in folk medicine have been recorded in the Middle East, its leaves being used to treat ailments such as constipation, colic and inflamed eyes.^[4]

Cluster of R. tingitana flowers in Qatar
Lone flower of R. tingitana in Cyprus
Close-up (Western Australia)

References

^ ^a ^b "Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth, 1787". Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth". Special edition of Environmental Weeds of Australia for Biosecurity Queensland. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Avinoam Danin. "Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth". Flora of Israel. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mureer". Qatar e-Nature. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth". Flora of Qatar. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

External links

Media related to Reichardia tingitana at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Reichardia tingitana at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers

Reichardia tingitana

Wikidata: Q6104555
Wikispecies: Reichardia tingitana
APDB: 104789
APNI: 97969
APSA: 286-208-1
ARKive: reichardia-tingitana
CoL: 4RQ26
eFloraSA: Reichardia_tingitana
EoL: 487608
EPPO: REITI
EUNIS: 160105
FloraBase: 8197
FoAO2: Reichardia tingitana
FoIO: REITIN
GBIF: 5385648
iNaturalist: 167774
IPNI: 241247-1
IRMNG: 10907931
ITIS: 504732
NatureServe: 2.151835
NBN: NBNSYS0200003001
NCBI: 43208
Observation.org: 147876
Open Tree of Life: 475567
PFI: 6337
Plant List: gcc-98531
PLANTS: RETI
POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:241247-1
Tropicos: 2701184
VicFlora: 40dedc2f-2b6c-456a-871b-beb442ec0254
WoI: 609
WFO: wfo-0000137866

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