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Umbilicus horizontalis

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
Scientific Literature
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643ffa0b01c8e008238421
Scientific name Umbilicus horizontalis
Authority DC.
First published in Prodr. 3: 400 (1828)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Umbilicus maroccanus Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 78 (1907)
Umbilicus rodriguezii Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 47: 133 (1900)
Umbilicus rupestris subsp. horizontalis (Guss.) O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 66 (1974)
Cotyledon horizontalis Guss. Fl. Neapol. Prodr. App. 5 : 13. (1826)
Cotyledon peltata J.C.Wendl. Bot. Beob. : 49 (1798)
Cotyledon pendulina Batt. Fl. Algérie , Dicot.: 329 (1889)
Cotyliphyllum horizontale Link Handbuch 2: 23 (1831)
Cotyledon pendulina (DC.) Vierh. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 69: 224 1919
Umbilicus pendulinus var. horizontalis (Guss.) Post Fl. Syria 314 1896

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Language Common/alternative name
English horizontal navelwort
English narrow navelwort
Arabic سرة أفقية
Bulgarian хоризонтално виделче
German waagerechtes nabelkraut
German waagrechter venusnabel
Chinese 荷叶弁庆
Chinese 荷叶脐景天

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Socotra
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Sinai
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000415393
Tropicos 8901607
INPN 128211
Flora of Italy 1718
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:276960-1
The Plant List kew-2446654
Open Tree Of Life 835529
Observations.org 128429
NCBI Taxonomy 203035
IPNI 276960-1
iNaturalist 205947
GBIF 7334434
Freebase /m/03cl562
EPPO UMLHO
Wikipedia Umbilicus_horizontalis

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_051253955.1 ASM5125395v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2025-07-08 60 336.17 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Ecological Features and Conservation of Urtica rupestris Guss. (Urticaceae): A Narrow Endemic Species of Sicily Sciandrello S, Cambria S, Giusso del Galdo G, Minissale P, Puglisi M, Tavilla G, Tomaselli V Plants (Basel) 29-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9824435
doi:10.3390/plants12010164
PMID:36616293
Ethnopharmacobotany and Diversity of Mediterranean Endemic Plants in Marmilla Subregion, Sardinia, Italy Cocco E, Maccioni D, Sanjust E, Falconieri D, Farris E, Maxia A Plants (Basel) 18-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9695302
doi:10.3390/plants11223165
PMID:36432894
Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) Iamonico D Plants (Basel) 15-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9414419
doi:10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:36015425
Phytochemical Study and In Vitro Screening Focusing on the Anti-Aging Features of Various Plants of the Greek Flora Sklirou AD, Angelopoulou MT, Argyropoulou A, Chaita E, Boka VI, Cheimonidi C, Niforou K, Mavrogonatou E, Pratsinis H, Kalpoutzakis E, Aligiannis N, Kletsas D, Trougakos IP, Skaltsounis AL Antioxidants (Basel) 28-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8389045
doi:10.3390/antiox10081206
PMID:34439454
Strengthening Structures in the Petiole–Lamina Junction of Peltate Leaves Wunnenberg J, Rjosk A, Neinhuis C, Lautenschläger T Biomimetics (Basel) 02-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8167582
doi:10.3390/biomimetics6020025
PMID:33918405
Floristic and Vegetation Changes on a Small Mediterranean Island over the Last Century Sciandrello S, Cambria S, Giusso del Galdo G, Guarino R, Minissale P, Pasta S, Tavilla G, Cristaudo A Plants (Basel) 01-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8065674
doi:10.3390/plants10040680
PMID:33916121
Natural plant species inventory of hotspot areas in Arabian Peninsula: Southwest Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia Al-Namazi AA, Al-Khulaidi AW, Algarni S, Al-Sagheer NA Saudi J Biol Sci 04-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8176062
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.076
PMID:34121869
Ailanthus altissima Forests Determine a Shift in Herbaceous Layer Richness: A Paired Comparison with Hardwood Native Forests in Sub-Mediterranean Europe Montecchiari S, Tesei G, Allegrezza M Plants (Basel) 21-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7589998
doi:10.3390/plants9101404
PMID:33096941
Plant species richness and composition of a habitat island within Lake Kastoria and comparison with those of a true island within the protected Pamvotis lake (NW Greece) Papanikolaou A, Panitsa M Biodivers Data J 15-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC6976691
doi:10.3897/BDJ.8.e48704
PMID:31997895
Prospects of genomic resources available at the global databases for the flora of United Arab Emirates Jamdade RA, Mahmoud T, Gairola S 3 Biotech 16-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6702620
doi:10.1007/s13205-019-1855-9
PMID:31475085
The wild taxa utilized as vegetables in Sicily (Italy): a traditional component of the Mediterranean diet Geraci A, Amato F, Di Noto G, Bazan G, Schicchi R J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 14-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5813353
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0215-x
PMID:29444678
Anti-Melanogenic Properties of Greek Plants. A Novel Depigmenting Agent from Morus alba Wood Chaita E, Lambrinidis G, Cheimonidi C, Agalou A, Beis D, Trougakos I, Mikros E, Skaltsounis AL, Aligiannis N Molecules 23-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC6154579
doi:10.3390/molecules22040514
PMID:28333105

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