Mantisalca

Mantisalca
A dagger flower, M. salmantica, in Albatera Alicante, Spain.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae[1]
Genus: Mantisalca
Cass. [2][3]
Type species
Mantisalca salmantica
(L.) Briq. & Cavill.
Synonyms[4]
  • Centaurea subgenus Mantisalca Cass.

Mantisalca is a genus of flowering plants in the thistle tribe within the daisy family.[4][5][6]

Species[1][7][8]
  1. Mantisalca amberboides (Caball.) Maire - Morocco
  2. Mantisalca delestrii Briq. & Cavill. - Morocco, Algeria
  3. Mantisalca duriaei Briq. & Cavill. - France, Spain, Italy
  4. Mantisalca salmantica (L.) Briq. & Cavill. - widespread from Britain + Morocco to Palestine

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ In: Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique, Paris 1818: 142. "Name - Mantisalca Cass.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Plant Name Details for Genus Mantisalca". IPNI. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1818. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1818: 142 in French
  5. ↑ Tropicos, Mantisalca Cass.
  6. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Mantisalca includes photos and distribution maps
  7. ↑ "Query Results for Genus Genus". IPNI. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Name - Mantisalca Cass. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 17, 2010.