Pterocephalus
| Pterocephalus | |
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| P. porphyranthus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Pterocephalus Vaill. ex Adans. |
| Species | |
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Pterocephalus is a genus in the Caprifoliaceae family[1] of herbs and shrubs, comprising 25 species ranging from the Mediterranean, to central Asia, the Himalayas, western China, and tropical Africa.[2]
From Greek πτερον, pteron, a wing, and κεφαλη, kephale, a head, in reference to the receptacle of the flowers being villous or chaffy.[3]
Species
- Pterocephalus arabicus
- Pterocephalus bretschneideri
- Pterocephalus brevis
- Pterocephalus hookeri
- Pterocephalus papposus
- Pterocephalus perennis
- Pterocephalus plumosus
- Pterocephalus pulverulentus
- Pterocephalus spathulatus
- Pterocephalus dumetorum - Mountain scabious
- Pterocephalus lasiospermus
- Pterocephalus porphyranthus
- Pterocephalus virens
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Notes
- ↑ "Pterocephalus", The Plant List (version 1.1), retrieved 2014-09-19
- ↑ Kriechbaum, Monika; Kletter, Christa (2001). Tibetan medicinal plants. Stuttgart: Medpharm. p. 270. ISBN 0-8493-0031-2.
- ↑ George Don, Jr. (1834). A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system. volume III (Calyciflorae). Gilbert and Rivington. p. 688.