Xeranthemum
Xeranthemum | |
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Xeranthemum annuum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
Tribe: | Cardueae |
Subtribe: | Xerantheminae |
Genus: | Xeranthemum L. |
Synonyms[1] | |
Xeroloma Cass. |
Xeranthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae,[2][1] native to Southern Europe. It has silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers.
Species
[edit]Species include:[3]
- Xeranthemum annuum L. ("annual everlasting"): Central + southern Europe from Spain to Dagestan; Turkey, Caucasus
- Xeranthemum cylindraceum Sm.: Central + southern Europe from Portugal to Ukraine; Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel
- Xeranthemum cylindricum Spreng.
- Xeranthemum inapertum (L.) Mill.: southern Europe, North Africa, southwest Asia from Morocco to Turkmenistan
- Xeranthemum longepapposum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.: southeastern Europe, southwestern and central Asia
- Xeranthemum squarrosum Boiss.: Greece, southwestern and central Asia
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tropicos, Xeranthemum L.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 857-859 in Latin
- ^ The Plant List, retrieved 12 August 2016