Ptilostemon
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.
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.[1][2][3] It includes 15 species native to the Mediterranean Basin and the Caucasus.[4]
Species
[edit]The following species are recognised in the genus Ptilostemon:[4][5]
- Ptilostemon abylensis (Maire) Greuter – Morocco
- Ptilostemon afer (Jacq.) Greuter – Turkey, Balkan Peninsula
- Ptilostemon casabonae (L.) Greuter – France, Italy
- Ptilostemon chamaepeuce (L.) Less. – eastern Mediterranean[6]
- 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[7]
- 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
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ a b "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
[edit]- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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