Moluccella is a genus of annual and short-lived perennial plants native to Central and Southwestern Asia and the Mediterranean.[1] They are tall, upright, branched plants growing to 1 meter or more with toothed leaves and small white fragrant flowers.[2][3]
Moluccella fedtschenkoana (Kudr.) Ryding - Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Moluccella laevis L. - Bells of Ireland - Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq, Caucasus, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey; naturalized in scattered locations in Europe, Africa, and North America
Moluccella olgae (Regel) Ryding - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
Moluccella spinosa L. - Mediterranean from Spain + Algeria to Turkey + Palestine
^ abcKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
^Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Moluccella laevis, the Bells-of-Ireland, Bells of Ireland, Molucca balmis, shellflower or shell flower, is a summer flowering annual, native to Turkey...
paraphyletic and will eventually be re-circumscribed. It is closely related to Moluccella and Marrubium. Some of its species had previously been placed in Marrubium...
Chelone, e.g. Chelone glabra Any of several plants in the genus Moluccella, specially Moluccella laevis Any of several plants in the genus Tigridia Pistia stratiotes...
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