# Cistus clusii

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Species of flowering plants in the rock rose family Cistaceae

Cistus clusii Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Cistaceae Genus: Cistus Species: C. clusii Binomial name Cistus clusii Dunal[1] Synonyms[1] Cistus fastigiatus Guss. Cistus rosmarinifolius Pourr. Cistus sedjera Pomel Cistus libanotis auct. mult., non L.[2]

***Cistus clusii*** is a [shrubby](/source/Shrub) [species](/source/Species) of [flowering plant](/source/Flowering_plant) in the family [Cistaceae](/source/Cistaceae), with white flowers, native to south west and south central Europe and north Africa. It has been wrongly called *[Cistus libanotis](/source/Cistus_libanotis)* by many authors.

## Description

*Cistus clusii* is a much branched shrub, up to 1 m (3 ft) tall. Its leaves are narrowly linear in shape, usually 1–2.5 cm (0.4–1.0 in) long by 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in) wide, with edges that are turned under (revolute), green on the upper side and densely covered with short hairs on the lower side, producing a whitish appearance. The flowers are arranged in [umbel](/source/Umbel)-like [cymes](/source/Cyme_(botany)) with up to 12 individual flowers, each 2–3 cm (0.8–1.2 in) across with five white [petals](/source/Petal) and three [sepals](/source/Sepal), 5–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long. The flower stalks ([peduncles](/source/Peduncle_(botany)) and [pedicels](/source/Pedicel_(botany))) and the sepals are covered with long white hairs. The [style](/source/Style_(botany)) is short.[2]

## Taxonomy

*Cistus clusii* was first described by [Michel Félix Dunal](/source/Michel_F%C3%A9lix_Dunal) in 1824.[1][3] The specific epithet *clusii* honours [Carolus Clusius](/source/Carolus_Clusius). The name *[Cistus libanotis](/source/Cistus_libanotis)* has been wrongly applied to this species by many authors.[2] A 2011 [molecular phylogenetic study](/source/Molecular_phylogenetics) placed *C. clusii* in a [clade](/source/Clade) with *[Cistus munbyi](/source/Cistus_munbyi)* in the [white and whitish pink clade](/source/Cistus#Phylogeny) of *Cistus* species, sister to all the remaining white and whitish pink flowered species.[4]

## Phylogeny

*Cistus clusii* belongs to the white and whitish pink flowered clade of *Cistus* species.

Species-level cladogram of Cistus species. Halimium spp. Halimium spp. PPC Cistus crispus Cistus heterophyllus Cistus albidus Cistus creticus Cistus asper Cistus chinamadensis Cistus horrens Cistus ocreatus Cistus osbeckiifolius Cistus palmensis Cistus symphytifolius 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.[5][6][7][4]

## Distribution

*Cistus clusii* is native to north Africa[7] and the west and central Mediterranean region: southern [Spain](/source/Spain), the [Balearic Islands](/source/Balearic_Islands), south-east [Italy](/source/Italy) and [Sicily](/source/Sicily).[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TPL_kew-2723324_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TPL_kew-2723324_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-TPL_kew-2723324_1-2) ["*Cistus clusii*"](http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2723324), *The Plant List*, retrieved 2015-03-02

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Warb68_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Warb68_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Warb68_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Warb68_2-3) Warburg, E.F. (1968), "Cistus clusii", in Tutin, T.G.; Heywood, V.H.; Burges, N.A.; Valentine, D.H.; Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.), *Flora Europaea, Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae*, Cambridge University Press, p. 284, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-521-06662-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-06662-4)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Dona24_3-0)** Dunal, M.F. (1824), ["28. *C. clusii* (Cistineae)"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/154219), in de Candolle, A.P. (ed.), *Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetablis*, p. 266, retrieved 2015-03-06

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CiveLeclDemoAgna11_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CiveLeclDemoAgna11_4-1) 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](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/s00606-011-0458-7](https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00606-011-0458-7), [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[2078.1/219851](https://hdl.handle.net/2078.1%2F219851), [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [21995828](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:21995828)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GuzmVarg05_5-0)** 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](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.026](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ympev.2005.04.026). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [16055353](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16055353).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GuzmVarg09_6-0)** 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](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.ode.2009.01.001](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ode.2009.01.001).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GuzmLled09_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GuzmLled09_7-1) Guzman, B.; Lledo, M.D. & Vargas, P. (2009), "Adaptive Radiation in Mediterranean Cistus (Cistaceae)", *PLOS ONE*, **4** (7) e6362, [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2009PLoSO...4.6362G](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009PLoSO...4.6362G), [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1371/journal.pone.0006362](https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0006362), [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [2719431](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2719431), [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [19668338](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19668338)

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Cistus clusii](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cistus_clusii).

- Page, R.G. (n.d.) [2002 onwards], ["*Cistus clusii* L."](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105301/http://www.cistuspage.org.uk//Cistus%20clusii.htm), *The Cistus & Halimium Website*, archived from [the original](http://www.cistuspage.org.uk//Cistus%20clusii.htm) on 2015-04-02, retrieved 2015-03-09

Taxon identifiers Cistus clusii Wikidata: Q8346470 Wikispecies: Cistus clusii APDB: 134959 BOLD: 420975 CoL: VLK7 EPPO: CSTCL EUNIS: 168779 GBIF: 7331346 GRIN: 312650 iNaturalist: 356062 IPNI: 168214-1 NCBI: 335182 Observation.org: 116582 Open Tree of Life: 177679 PalDat: Cistus_clusii PFI: 3236 Plant List: kew-2723324 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168214-1 Tropicos: 7600001 WFO: wfo-0000607261

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