Jordania (plant)

Jordania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Jordania
Boiss.
Synonyms[1]
  • Phryna (Boiss.) Pax & K.Hoffm., non Phryne Bubani.
  • Phrynella (Pax & K.Hoffm.

Jordania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It includes 14 species native to Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon. The plant genus Jordania was named in honour of the prominent French botanist Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan.[1]

Species

14 species are accepted.[1]

  • Jordania aziz-sancarii (Koç & Hamzaoğlu) Rabeler & Madhani
  • Jordania cherlerioides (Bornm.) Rabeler & Madhani
  • Jordania confertifolia (Hub.-Mor.) Rabeler & Madhani
  • Jordania frankenioides (Boiss.) Rabeler & Madhani
  • Jordania hamzaoglui (Koç & Budak) Rabeler & Madhani
  • Jordania huber-morathii (C.Simon) Rabeler & Madhani
  • Jordania mevlanae (Aytaç) Rabeler & Madhani
  • Jordania minuartioides (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. & Heldr.
  • Jordania ortegioides (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Rabeler & Madhani
  • Jordania sandrasica (Hamzaoğlu & Koç) Rabeler & Madhani
  • Jordania spergulifolia (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss.
  • Jordania stenopetala (Hartvig & Å.Strid) Rabeler & Madhani
  • Jordania thymoides (Hub.-Mor.) Rabeler & Madhani
  • Jordania turcica (Koç & Hamzaoğlu) Rabeler & Madhani

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jordania Boiss". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 November 2025.