Biology:Galactites

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Galactites
Galactites elegans.jpg
Galactites tomentosus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Carduinae
Genus: Galactites
Moench
Type species
Galactites tomentosus
Synonyms[1]
  • Lupsia Neck. ex Neck.

Galactites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4] The name is derived from the Greek γάλα (= "milk"). The best-known species is Galactites tomentosus.[5]

Species[1]
  • Galactites duriaei Spach ex Durieu - Spain , France , Channel Islands (UK), Monaco, Andorra, Gibraltar, Algeria, Morocco
  • Galactites mutabilis Durieu - Algeria, Tunisia
  • Galactites rigualii Figuerola, Stübing & Peris - Spain
  • Galactites tomentosus Moench (sometimes spelled tomentosa but see Tropicos[3]) - Spain , France , Italy, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Malta, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2701916 entry