Tolpis Explained

Tolpis is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]} It is native to Africa, Southern Europe, the Middle East and Macaronesia. Many species are limited to the Canary Islands.^{[3] [4]}

Species^{[5] [6]}

• Tolpis × grossii Talavera
  • Tolpis azorica (Nutt.) P.Silva - Azores Tolpis barbata (L.) Gaertn. - Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
• Tolpis calderae Bolle - La Palma in Canary Islands
• Tolpis capensis (L.) Sch.Bip. - Africa (from Ethiopia to Cape Province), Madagascar
• Tolpis coronopifolia (Desf.) Biv. - La Palma + Gran Canaria + Tenerife in Canary Islands
• Tolpis crassiuscula Svent. - Tenerife in Canary Islands
• Tolpis crithmifolia DC.
  • Tolpis farinulosa (Webb) Walp. - Cape Verde Tolpis filiformis DC.
• Tolpis glabrescens Kämmer - Tenerife in Canary Islands
• Tolpis laciniata (Sch.Bip.) - Tenerife + Gomera + La Palma + Hierro in Canary Islands
• Tolpis lagopoda C.Sm. ex Link - Canary Islands
• Tolpis liouvillei Braun-Blanq. & Maire - Morocco
  • Tolpis macrorhiza (Lowe) Lowe - Madeira Tolpis mbalensis G.V.Pope - Malawi, Zambia
• Tolpis nemoralis Font Quer - Spain, Morocco
• Tolpis proustii Pit. - Gomera + Hierro in Canary Islands
• Tolpis staticifolia (All.) Sch.Bip. - south-central Europe from Germany to Albania
• Tolpis succulenta Lowe - Azores, Madeira
• Tolpis umbellata Bertol. - Mediterranean from Azores to Palestine
• Tolpis virgata (Desf.) Bertol. - Mediterranean + Middle East from Corsica to Yemen
• Tolpis webbii Sch.Bip. - Gomera + Tenerife in Canary Islands

External links

• Jepson Manual: Tolpis

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3611080#page/658/mode/1up Adanson, Michel. 1763. Familles des Plantes 2: 112, 612.
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40015175 Tropicos, Tolpis Adans.
3. Crawford, D. J. (2010). Mixed mating in the ‘obligately outcrossing’ Tolpis (Asteraceae) of the Canary Islands. Plant Species Biology 25:2 114-19.
4. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Tolpis Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Tolpis
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Tolpis The Plant List search for Tolpis
6. Crawford, D. J., et al. (2006). Allozyme diversity within and divergence among species of Tolpis (Asteraceae-Lactuceae) in the Canary Islands: Systematic, evolutionary, and biogeographical implications. Am J Bot 93 656-64.