Picris

oxtongues
Picris echioides
Picris hieracioides[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Picris
L. [2]
Type species
Picris hieracioides
L.[3][4]
Synonyms[5]

Picris (oxtongues) is a genus in the sunflower family described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[6][4]

Picris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, such as the grass moth Diasemia reticularis. Schinia cardui feeds exclusively on P. hieracioides.

The genus is widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.[7][8][9]

Species[10]
  1. Picris albida
  2. Picris altissima
  3. Picris amalecitana
  4. Picris angustifolia
  5. Picris aspera
  6. Picris asplenioides
  7. Picris atlantica
  8. Picris babylonica
  9. Picris barbarorum
  10. Picris bracteata
  11. Picris burbidgeae
  12. Picris campylocarpa
  13. Picris comosa
  14. Picris compacta
  15. Picris conyzoides
  16. Picris cupuligera
  17. Picris cyanocarpa
  18. Picris cyprica
  19. Picris cyrenaica
  20. Picris davurica
  21. Picris divaricata
  22. Picris drummondii
  23. Picris eichleri
  24. Picris flexuosa
  25. Picris galilaea
  26. Picris helminthioides
  27. Picris hieracioides
  28. Picris hispanica
  29. Picris hispidissima
  30. Picris humilis
  31. Picris junnanensis
  32. Picris kotschyi
  33. Picris littoralis
  34. Picris longirostris
  35. Picris macloviana
  36. Picris macrantha
  37. Picris macrorhiza
  38. Picris mauginiana
  39. Picris morrisonensis
  40. Picris nigricans
  41. Picris nuristanica
  42. Picris ohwiana
  43. Picris olympica
  44. Picris pauciflora
  45. Picris pygmaea
  46. Picris racemosa
  47. Picris rhagadioloides
  48. Picris rivularis
  49. Picris sancta
  50. Picris scaberrima
  51. Picris senecioides
  52. Picris sinuata
  53. Picris spinosissima
  54. Picris squarrosa
  55. Picris strigosa
  56. Picris sulphurea
  57. Picris wagenitzii
  58. Picris willkommii
  59. Picris xylopoda

References

  1. ↑ 1885 illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
  2. ↑ "Picris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ↑ Taxon 44: 611-612 (1995)
  4. 1 2 Tropicos, Picris L.
  5. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  6. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 792-793 in Latin
  7. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 347 毛连菜属 mao lian cai shu Picris Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 792. 1753.
  8. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Picris
  9. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, search for Picris
  10. ↑ The Plant List search for Picris
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, January 07, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.