Scorzonera

Taxobox
name = "Scorzonera"


image_width = 200px
image_caption = "S. purpurea" var. "rosea"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Scorzonera"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
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"Scorzonera" is a genus of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), subfamily Lactucoideae, tribe Lactuceae, subtribe Scorzonerinae.

It comprises about 100 species, the best-known of which is the edible black salsify ("Scorzonera hispanica"). Scorzonera tau-saghyz produces rubber [cite web | url=http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Scorzonera+tau-saghyz&PRINT | title=Plants for a future: Scorzonera tau-saghiz] .

"Scorzonera" is recorded as a food plant for the larva of The Nutmeg, a species of moth.

Species

*"Scorzonera acanthoclada"
*"Scorzonera albicaulis"
*"Scorzonera argyria"
*"Scorzonera aristata"
*"Scorzonera austriaca"
*"Scorzonera crocifolia"
*"Scorzonera exile" : Mock Oyster Wild Salsify
*"Scorzonera gokcheoglui"
*"Scorzonera hispanica": Black Salsify, Spanish Salsify, Viper's-grass, Black Oyster Plant
*"Scorzonera hissaricata"
*"Scorzonera humilis"
*"Scorzonera judaica"
*"Scorzonera laciniata " : Cutleaf Vipergrass, Laciniate Viper's-grass
*"Scorzonera macrocephala"
*"Scorzonera mollis"
*"Scorzonera mongolica"
*"Scorzonera papposa"
*"Scorzonera parviflora"
*"Scorzonera pinnatifida"
*"Scorzonera pisidica"
*"Scorzonera pseudolanata"
*"Scorzonera ptilophora"
*"Scorzonera purpurea"
*"Scorzonera racemosa"
*"Scorzonera rosea"
*"Scorzonera schweinfurthii" : Egyptian Scorzonera
*"Scorzonera suberosa"
*"Scorzonera tau-saghyz", which produces rubber
*"Scorzonera tragapogonoides"
*"Scorzonera tuberosa"
*"Scorzonera turkestania"
*"Scorzonera undulata"
**"Scorzonera undulata deliciosa"
*"Scorzonera virgata"

Etymology

The word Scorzonera derives from the Italian "scorza" (= bark) and "nera" (= black). A second explanation could come from Old French, where "scorzon" means "snake". Black Salsify has been used a long time to treat poisonous snake bites.

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