Echinops

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This article is about the plant. For other uses, see Echinops (mammal).
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Echinops adenocaulos
Echinops adenocaulos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Echinops
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Species

About 120 species, including:
Echinops adenocaulos
Echinops bannaticus
Echinops chantavicus
Echinops exaltatus
Echinops giganteus
Echinops gmelinii
Echinops graecus
Echinops humilis
Echinops latifolius
Echinops nivens
Echinops orientalis
Echinops ritro
Echinops ruthenicus
Echinops sphaerocephalus
Echinops spinosissimus
Echinops tournefortii
Echinops tschimganicus

Echinops is a genus of about 120 species of thistles in the daisy family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They are native to Europe east to central Asia and south to the mountains of tropical Africa.

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