Rhaponticum

Rhaponticum is a Genus of plants in the Asteraceae family.

Description

The Rhaponticum species are perennial herbaceous plants, with simple, rarely branched stem. The leaves are simple to pinnatifid. The inflorescence is on the apex of the stem. Fruits are achenes with hairy pappus.

Distribution

The distribution area extends from the Iberian peninsula to the Alps and the Mediterranean region (including North Africa and the Middle East), the Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Altai up to the central Asia.

Species

See Rhaponticum at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.

• Rhaponticum acaule (L.) DC.
• Rhaponticum aulieatense Iljin
• Rhaponticum australe (Gaudich.)
• Rhaponticum berardioides (Batt.)
• Rhaponticum canariense DC.
• Rhaponticum carthamoides (Willd.)
• Rhaponticum coniferum (L.) Greuter
• Rhaponticum cossonianum (Ball) Greuter
• Rhaponticum cynaroides Less.
• Rhaponticum exaltatum (Willk.) Greuter
• Rhaponticum fontqueri (Sauvage) Hidalgo
• Rhaponticoides hajastana (Tzvelev) M.V.Agab. & Greuter
• Rhaponticum heleniifolium Godr. & Gren.
• Rhaponticoides iconiensis (Hub.-Mor.) M.V.Agab. & Greuter
• Rhaponticum insigne (Boiss.) Wagenitz
• Rhaponticum integrifolium C.Winkl.
• Rhapontikum karatavicum Iljin
• Rhaponticum longifolium (Hoffmanns. & Link) Dittrich
• Rhaponticum lyratum C.Winkl. ex Iljin
• Rhaponticum namanganicum Iljin
• Rhaponticum nanum Lipsky:
• Rhaponticum nitidum Fisch.
• Rhaponticum pulchrum Fisch. & C.A.Meyer,
• Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo
• Rhaponticum scariosum Lam.
• Rhaponticum serratuloides (Georgi) Bobrov
• Rhaponticum uniflorum (L.) DC.

References

• Hidalgo, O & al. 2006. Phylogeny of Rhaponticum (Asteraceae, Cardueae–Centaureinae) and Related Genera Inferred from Nuclear and Chloroplast DNA Sequence Data: Taxonomic and Biogeographic Implications. Annals of Botany 97: 705–714.
• Rhaponticum at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.
• Germplasm Resources Information Network