Cousinia
| Cousinia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cynareae |
| Genus: | Cousinia Cass. |
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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 adenophora, Juz.
- Cousinia adenostigia, Resch.
- Cousinia angreni, Juz.
- Cousinia butkovii, Tscherneva et Vved.
- Cousinia concolor, Bunge
- Cousinia coronata, Franch.
- Cousinia crispa, Jaub & Spach.
- Cousinia discolor, Bunge
- Cousinia dshisakensis, Kult.
- 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
- Cousinia in Iran
- USDA GRIN
- Mehregan, I. & Kadereit, J. W.: Taxonomic revision of Cousinia sect. Cynaroideae (Asteraceae, Cardueae). Willdenowia 38: 293-362.
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