- Cousinia
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Cousinia Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Tribe: Cynareae Genus: Cousinia Cass. Species - C. crispa
The genus Cousinia of the tribe Cardueae (= Cynareae) is in its current circumscription one of the larger genera in the Asteraceae, with approximately 600-700 species distributed in central and western Asia.
Many of the species in this genus were once classified in genus Arctium, (Burdock).
Some species of Cousinia
- Cousinia adenostigia Resch.
- Cousinia concolor, Bunge
- Cousinia coronata, Franch.
- Cousinia crispa, Jaub & Spach.
- Cousinia discolor, Bunge
- Cousinia elbursensis, Mahdigholi, Attar, Sheidai & Ghahreman
- Cousinia hypoleuca, Boiss.
- Cousinia irritans, Resch.
- Cousinia microcarpa, Boiss.
- Cousinia minuta, Boiss.
- Cousinia onopordioides, Ledeb.
- Cousinia pinarocephala, Boiss.
- Cousinia pseudomollis
- Cousinia pterocaulos, C.A. Mey.
- Cousinia radians, Bunge.
- Cousinia regelii, C. Winkl.
- Cousinia sheidaei, Attar, Ghahreman & Mahdigholi
- Cousinia serratuloides, Boiss.
External links
- USDA GRIN
- Mehregan, I. & Kadereit, J. W.: Taxonomic revision of Cousinia sect. Cynaroideae (Asteraceae, Cardueae). Willdenowia 38: 293-362.
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