Rhaponticum

Rhaponticum, is a genus of flowering plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3]

Rhaponticum
Rhaponticum scariosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Rhaponticum
Vaill. 1754 not Ludw. 1757 nor Adans. 1763 nor Haller 1742[1]
Synonyms[1]
Rhaponticum coniferum - MHNT

Description

Rhaponticum species are perennial herbaceous plants with simple, rarely branched stems. The leaves are simple to pinnatifid. The inflorescence is on the apex of the stem. The fruit is an achene with a hairy pappus.[4]

Systematics

Species

The genus comprises the following species.[1][5][6][7]

Formerly included

Several species are now relegated to other genera: Centaurea, Klasea, Ochrocephala, Stemmacantha, and Synurus.[1]

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at Archive.today
  2. Vaillant, Sébastien. 1754. Der Konigliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Paris Physische Abhandlungen 5: 177
  3. Tropicos, Rhaponticum Vaill.
  4. Rhaponticum. Flora of China.
  5. Hidalgo, O., et al. (2006). Phylogeny of Rhaponticum (Asteraceae, Cardueae–Centaureinae) and related genera inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data: taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Annals of Botany 97(5), 705-14.
  6. "Rhaponticum". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  7. GRIN Species Records of Rhaponticum. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
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