Biology:Volutaria

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Volutaria
Volutaria sp.jpg
Inflorescence of unidentified species in Morocco
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Centaureinae
Genus: Volutaria
Cass.
Type species
Centaurea lippii
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyanopsis Cass.
  • Volutarella Cass., illegitimate superfluous name
  • Cyanastrum Cass.
  • Amberboi Adans.
  • Amberboia Kuntze

Volutaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3] They range from Iberia to the Near East and East Africa, but are most diverse in the Maghreb.[4][5]

Species[1]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1816. in French
  3. Tropicos, Volutaria Cass.
  4. The Plant List search for Volutaria
  5. Greuter, W. R. 2008. (1839-1842) Proposals to conserve the names Leysera against Asteropterus, Volutaria against Amberboi, Rhaponticum with a conserved type, and Rhaponticoides against Bielzia (Compositae). Taxon 57(3): 1001.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q146431 entry