Succisella

Succisella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae.<ref name=powo>Template:Citation</ref> There are four or five species in the genus.<ref name=powo/><ref name=Amic04/> They are all native to Europe; three are endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.<ref name=Amic04>Amich, F., Devesa, J. A., & Bernardos, S. (2004). Taxonomic revision of the genus Succisella (Dipsacaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 144(3), 351-364.</ref>

Species

Five species are accepted.<ref name=Amic04/><ref name = powo/>

• Succisella andreae-molinae Template:Small – Spain
• Succisella carvalhoana Template:Small – west-central Portugal
• Succisella inflexa Template:Small – southern succisella, Italy to Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Albania, and the Caucasus
• Succisella microcephala Template:Small – west-central Spain
• Succisella petteri Template:Small – Albania and former Yugoslavia

Etymology

Succisella ostensibly means ‘cut off from below’ or ‘abruptly ending’.<ref name="gledhill">Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. Template:ISBN (hardback), Template:ISBN (paperback). p 366</ref>