Succisella
Genus of flowering plants in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae
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Succisella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae.[1] There are four or five species in the genus.[1][2] They are all native to Europe; three are endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.[2]
| Succisella | |
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| Succisella inflexa (southern succisella) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsacoideae |
| Genus: | Succisella Beck (1893) |
| Species[1] | |
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5; see text | |
Species
Five species are accepted.[2][1]
- Succisella andreae-molinae Pajarón & Escudero – Spain
- Succisella carvalhoana (Mariz) Baksay – west-central Portugal
- Succisella inflexa (Kluk) Beck – southern succisella, Italy to Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Albania, and the Caucasus
- Succisella microcephala (Willk.) Beck – west-central Spain
- Succisella petteri (J.Kern. & Murb.) Beck – Albania and former Yugoslavia
Etymology
Succisella ostensibly means ‘cut off from below’ or ‘abruptly ending’.[3]
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