Cistus monspeliensis is a species of rockrose known by the common name Montpellier cistus. It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecosystems of matorral—maquis shrublands.
Description
Evergreen leaves of
Cistus monspeliensis
Cistus monspeliensis is a shrub with narrow evergreen leaves and a hairy, glandular, sticky surface. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped, green, with a rugose, wrinkled upper surface, up to 5 centimeters long. In cultivation, C. monspeliensis attains a height of around one meter and a width of 1.5 metres.[2]
The plant's inflorescence is generally a panicle of 2 to 8 flowers, each with five sepals and five white petals.[3]
Distribution
It is mainly distributed throughout the western Mediterranean Basin (Portugal, including Madeira; Spain, including the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands; Morocco; southern France, including Corsica; Italy, including Sardinia and Sicily; Malta; Algeria; Tunisia) but it is also present in Croatia; Serbia; Albania; Montenegro; Greece and Cyprus.[1]
The plant has been reported elsewhere as an introduced species, and in California as an invasive species.[3]
Phylogeny
Cistus monspeliensis belongs to the white and whitish pink flowered clade of Cistus species.
Species-level cladogram of
Cistus species.
Halimium spp.
PPC Cistus crispus
Cistus asper
Cistus chinamadensis
Cistus horrens
Cistus ocreatus
Cistus osbeckiifolius
Cistus palmensis
Cistus symphytifolius
Cistus heterophyllus
Cistus albidus
Cistus creticus
Halimium spp.
WWPC Cistus clusii
Cistus munbyi
Cistus inflatus
Cistus ladanifer
Cistus laurifolius
Cistus libanotis
Cistus monspeliensis
Cistus parviflorus
Cistus populifolius
Cistus pouzolzii
Cistus salviifolius
Cistus sintenisii
Purple
Pink
Clade
White
Whitish Pink
Clade
Species-level cladogram of
Cistus species, based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences.
[4][5][6][7] References
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^ a b Rankou, H.; M'Sou, S.; Ait Babahmad, R.A.; Diarra, A. (2020). "Cistus monspeliensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T73094084A139593829. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T73094084A139593829.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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^ "Cistus monspeliensis (Montpelier rockrose)". Shoot gardening. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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^ a b http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3215,3216,3219 Jepson
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^ Guzmán, B. & Vargas, P. (2005). "Systematics, character evolution, and biogeography of Cistus L. (Cistaceae) based on ITS, trnL-trnF, and matK sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (3): 644–660. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.026. PMID 16055353.
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^ Guzmán, B. & Vargas, P. (2009). "Historical biogeography and character evolution of Cistaceae (Malvales) based on analysis of plastid rbcL and trnL-trnF sequences". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 9 (2): 83–99. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2009.01.001.
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^ Guzman, B.; Lledo, M.D. & Vargas, P. (2009). "Adaptive Radiation in Mediterranean Cistus (Cistaceae)". PLOS ONE. 4 (7): e6362. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...4.6362G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006362. PMC 2719431. PMID 19668338.
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^ Civeyrel, Laure; Leclercq, Julie; Demoly, Jean-Pierre; Agnan, Yannick; Quèbre, Nicolas; Pélissier, Céline & Otto, Thierry (2011). "Molecular systematics, character evolution, and pollen morphology of Cistus and Halimium (Cistaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 295 (1–4): 23–54. doi:10.1007/s00606-011-0458-7. S2CID 21995828.
