Succisella

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.

Species

Five species are accepted.

• Succisella andreae-molinae Pajarón & Escudero – Spain
• Succisella carvalhoana (Mariz) Baksay – west-central Portugal
• Succisella inflexa (Kluk) Beck – southern succisella, Italy to Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Albania, and the Caucasus
• Succisella microcephala (Willk.) Beck – west-central Spain
• Succisella petteri (J.Kern. & Murb.) Beck – Albania and former Yugoslavia

Etymology

Succisella ostensibly means ‘cut off from below’ or ‘abruptly ending’.

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