Cousinia

Cousinia
Cousinia pterocaulos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Arctiinae
Genus: Cousinia
Cass.
Synonyms[1]
  • Auchera DC.
  • Lipskyella Juz.
  • Tiarocarpus Rech.f.

The genus Cousinia of the tribe Cardueae is in its current circumscription one of the larger genera in the Asteraceae, with approximately 650-700 described species distributed in central and western Asia.[2][1]

Many of the species in this genus were once classified in genus Arctium (the burdocks).

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Cousinia Cass". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ López-Vinyallonga, Sara; Romaschenko, Kostyantyn; Susanna, Alfonso; Garcia-Jacas, Núria (2011). "Systematics of the Arctioid group: Disentangling Arctium and Cousinia (Cardueae, Carduinae)". Taxon. 60 (2): 539–554. doi:10.1002/tax.602020. hdl:10261/35343.
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