Ptilostemon

Ptilostemon
Ptilostemon diacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cynareae
Genus:	Ptilostemon Cass.
Synonyms
Lamyra (Cass.) Cass. Chamaepeuce DC. Platyraphium Cass.

Ptilostemon is a genus of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.^[1][2][3]

Species^[4][5]

1. Ptilostemon ×grandei
2. Ptilostemon abylensis - Morocco
3. Ptilostemon afer - Turkey, Balkan Peninsula
4. Ptilostemon casabonae - France, Italy
5. Ptilostemon chamaepeuce - eastern Mediterranean^[6]
6. Ptilostemon diacantha - Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
7. Ptilostemon dyricola - Morocco
8. Ptilostemon echinocephalus - Crimea, Turkey, Republic of Georgia
9. Ptilostemon gnaphaloides - France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Libya
10. Ptilostemon greuteri Raimondo, F. M. & Domina, G. - Sicily^[7]
11. Ptilostemon hispanicus - Spain
12. Ptilostemon karateginii - Afghanistan
13. Ptilostemon leptophyllus - Morocco
14. Ptilostemon niveus - Italy
15. Ptilostemon rhiphaeus - Morocco, Algeria
16. Ptilostemon stellatus - France, Italy, Greece, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro
17. Ptilostemon strictus - Italy, Greece, Balkan Peninsula
18. Ptilostemon tauricola - Turkey

References

1. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1816. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1816: 200 in French
2. Tropicos, Ptilostemon Cass.
3. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Ptilostemon includes photos and range maps for 6 species
4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
5. The Plant List search for Ptilostemon
6. Cretan Flora, Ptilostemon chamaepeuce
7. 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

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.