Adenostyles

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Adenostyles
Adenostyles leucophylla
Adenostyles leucophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Adenostyles
Cass.
Species

See text.
Synonyms

Cacalia L.
Caucasalia B.Nord.[1][2]

Adenostyles, is a large genus of to a flowering plants in the sunflower family Asteraceae, and of the constantly changing tribe Senecioneae. Adenostyles occur in the temperate climates of the northern hemisphere, mainly in Europe and Asia minor.

Adenostyles includes species which used to be considered of the genus Cacalia[3] and was once (in 1883) used for a genus of Orchidaceae.[4]

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[edit] Some species of Adenostyles

  • Adenostyles alliariae (Gouan) A. Kern.
    • Cacalia alliariae Gouan
  • Adenostyles alpina (L.) Bluff & Fingerh.
    • Cacalia alpina L.
  • Adenostyles briquetii Gamisans
    • Cacalia briquetii (Gamisans) Gamisans
  • Adenostyles leucophylla (Willd.) Rchb.
    • Cacalia leucophylla Willd.

[edit] Common names

[edit] References

  1. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Taxon: (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  2. ^ Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. Details for: Cacalia (HTML). Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  3. ^ Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. Details for: Adenostyles (HTML). Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index (2005). Plant Name Details: Orchidaceae Adenostyles Benth. & Hook.f. (HTML). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.

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