Ptilostemon
| Ptilostemon | |
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| Ptilostemon diacanthus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Subtribe: | Carduinae |
| Genus: | Ptilostemon Cass. |
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Ptilostemon is a genus of thistle in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It includes 15 species native to the Mediterranean Basin and the Caucasus.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Ptilostemon:
- Ptilostemon abylensis (Maire) Greuter – Morocco
- Ptilostemon afer (Jacq.) Greuter – Turkey, Balkan Peninsula
- Ptilostemon casabonae (L.) Greuter – France, Italy
- Ptilostemon chamaepeuce (L.) Less. – eastern Mediterranean
- Ptilostemon diacanthus (Labill.) Greuter – Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
- Ptilostemon dyricola (Maire) Greuter – Morocco
- Ptilostemon echinocephalus (Willd.) Greuter – Crimea, Turkey, Republic of Georgia
- Ptilostemon gnaphaloides (Cirillo) Soják – France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Libya
- Ptilostemon × grandei (Petr.) Greuter (P. niveus × P. strictus) – Italy
- Ptilostemon greuteri Raimondo & Domina – Sicily
- Ptilostemon hispanicus (Lam.) Greuter – Spain
- Ptilostemon leptophyllus (Pau & Font Quer) Greuter – Morocco
- Ptilostemon niveus (C.Presl) Greuter – Italy
- Ptilostemon × pabotii Greuter (P. chamaepeuce var camptolepis × P. diacanthus subsp. turcicus) – western Syria
- Ptilostemon × parisiensis Greuter (P. afer × P. chamaepeuce var. camptolepis) – Syria
- Ptilostemon rhiphaeus (Pau & Font Quer) Greuter – Morocco, Algeria
- Ptilostemon stellatus (L.) Greuter – France, Italy, Greece, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro
- Ptilostemon strictus (Ten.) Greuter – Italy, Greece, Balkan Peninsula
- Ptilostemon × tauricola (Boiss. & Balansa) Greuter – Turkey
References
- ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1816. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1816: 200 in French
- ↑ Tropicos, Ptilostemon Cass.
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Ptilostemon includes photos and range maps for 6 species
- 1 2 "Ptilostemon Cass. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Deprecated link archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ↑ Cretan Flora, Ptilostemon chamaepeuce
- ↑ Raimondo, F. M. & Domina, G.: Ptilostemon greuteri (Compositae), a new species from Sicily. – Willdenowia 36 (Special Issue): 169-175. – ISSN 0511-9618; © 2006 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.36.36114
External links
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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