Volutaria

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Volutaria
Inflorescence of unidentified species in Morocco
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cynareae
Subtribe: Centaureinae
Genus: Volutaria
Cass.
Type species
Centaurea lippii
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyanopsis Cass.
  • Volutarella Cass., illegitimate superfluous name
  • Cyanastrum Cass.
  • Amberboi Adans.
  • Amberboia Kuntze

Volutaria is a genus of flowering plants in the (sunflower family).[2][3] They range from Iberia to the Near East and East Africa, but are most diverse in the Maghreb.[4][5]

Species[1]
  1. Volutaria abyssinica (A.Rich.) C.Jeffrey
  2. Volutaria albicaulis (Deflers) G.Wagenitz
  3. Volutaria belouinii (Humbert) Maire
  4. Volutaria bollei (Bolle) A.Hansen & G.Kunkel
  5. Volutaria boranensis (Cufod.) G.Wagenitz
  6. Volutaria canariensis G.Wagenitz
  7. Volutaria crupinoides (Desf.) Maire
  8. Volutaria dhofarica G.Wagenitz
  9. Volutaria djiboutensis G.Wagenitz
  10. Volutaria leucantha (Coss.) Maire
  11. Volutaria lippii (L.) Maire
  12. Volutaria maroccana (Barratte & Murb.) Maire
  13. Volutaria muricata (L.) Maire (Morocco knapweed)
  14. Volutaria ramosissima (Pitard) Sennen
  15. Volutaria saharae (Chevall.) Quezel & Santa
  16. Volutaria sinaica (DC.) G.Wagenitz
  17. Volutaria socotrensis G.Wagenitz
  18. Volutaria somalensis (Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey
  19. Volutaria tubuliflora (Murb.) Sennen

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1816. in French
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Volutaria Cass.
  4. ↑ The Plant List search for Volutaria
  5. ↑ Greuter, W. R. 2008. (1839-1842) Proposals to conserve the names Leysera against Asteropterus, Volutaria against Amberboi, Rhaponticum with a conserved type, and Rhaponticoides against Bielzia (Compositae). Taxon 57(3): 1001.

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