Succisella Explained

Succisella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. There are four or five species in the genus. They are all native to Europe; three are endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.^[1]

Species

Five species are accepted.^[1]

• Succisella andreae-molinae – Spain
• Succisella carvalhoana – west-central Portugal
• Succisella inflexa  - southern succisella, Italy to Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Albania, and the Caucasus
• Succisella microcephala – west-central Spain
• Succisella petteri – Albania and former Yugoslavia

Etymology

Succisella ostensibly means ‘cut off from below’ or ‘abruptly ending’.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Amich, F., Devesa, J. A., & Bernardos, S. (2004). Taxonomic revision of the genus Succisella (Dipsacaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 144(3), 351-364.
2. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). p 366