Atractylis

Distaff thistle
Atractylis comosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Atractylis
L. 1753 not Boehm. 1760.
Synonyms[1]
  • Spadactis Cass.
  • Atractylis sect. Anactis (Cass.) DC.
  • Acarna All.
  • Crocodilina Bubani
  • Anactis Cass.
  • Cirsellium Gaertn.

Atractylis is a genus of plants in the daisy family.[2][3]

The Distaff thistle, Atractylis gummifera, native to the Greek island of Crete, is called kollies (κολλιές), akolletes (ακολλέτες), sakizi (σακίζι), kollotsoure (κολλοτσουρέ) or agathokollia (αγκαθοκολλιά) by the people of the island, They often eat peel and the heads raw or browned

Species

Atractylis is native to the greater Mediterranean region (southern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Canary Islands).[1][4]

  1. Atractylis arabica Rech.f.
  2. Atractylis arbuscula Svent. & Michaelis
  3. Atractylis aristata Batt.
  4. Atractylis auranitica Rech.f.
  5. Atractylis babelii Hochr.
  6. Atractylis boulosii Täckh.
  7. Atractylis caerulea Batt.
  8. Atractylis caespitosa Desf.
  9. Atractylis cancellata L.
  10. Atractylis carduus (Forssk.) C.Chr.
  11. Atractylis ciliaris L.
  12. Atractylis cryptocephala (Baker) F.G.Davies
  13. Atractylis delicatula Batt. ex L.Chevall.
  14. Atractylis delvarii Mozaff.
  15. Atractylis echinata Pomel
  16. Atractylis echinops Pall.
  17. Atractylis humilis L.
  18. Atractylis kentrophylloides (Baker) F.G.Davies
  19. Atractylis mernephthae Asch., Schweinf. & Letourn.
  20. Atractylis mutica C.C.Towns.
  21. Atractylis phaeolepis Pomel
  22. Atractylis phazaniae Corti
  23. Atractylis polycephala Coss.
  24. Atractylis preauxiana Sch.Bip.
  25. Atractylis prolifera Boiss.
  26. Atractylis scabra Boiss.
  27. Atractylis serrata Pomel
  28. Atractylis serratuloides (Cass.) DC.
  29. Atractylis sojakii Rech.f.
  30. Atractylis spinosa L.
  31. Atractylis tutinii Franco

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 829-830. in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Atractylis L.
  4. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Atractylis includes and European distribution maps

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