Rhaponticum

Pin head ( Rhaponticum coniferum )

The mountain slits ( Rhaponticum ) are a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family ( Asteraceae).

  • 2.1 types

Description

Vegetative characteristics

The Rhaponticum species are perennial herbaceous plants, with simple, rarely branched stems. The leaves are simple to pinnatifid.

Generative features

Terminally on the stems sits the basket- shaped inflorescence. The bracts are hautrandig.

They are achenes. The pappus is hairy.

Systematics and distribution

The distribution area extends from the Iberian Peninsula over the Alps and the entire Mediterranean region (including North Africa and the Middle East ) over Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Altai to Central Asia. Some species are invasive plants in many areas of the world.

The genus belongs to the subtribe Rhaponticum Centaureinae from the tribe Cynareae in the subfamily Carduoideae within the sunflower family ( Asteraceae). Most closely related to the genus Klasea.

Synonyms for Rhaponticum Vaill. are: Acroptilon Cass, Leuzea DC, Stemmacantha Cass .. The systematics of this group has long been controversial and so many synonyms that are used in the old to new literature arose. .. What is new is that the species of the former genus Centaurothamnus Wagenitz & Dittrich are incorporated herein, Oriane Hidalgo et al., 2006.

Species

Here is a list of 25 to 27 species by Oriane Hidalgo et al. 2006 the most commonly used in the literature synonyms:

  • Rhaponticum acaule (L. ) DC.
  • Rhaponticum aulieatense Ilyin
  • Rhaponticum australe ( Gaudich. ) Soskov: The only one in Australia originally native species of the subtribe Centaureinae.
  • Rhaponticum berardioides ( Batt ) Hidalgo ( Syn: Leuzea berardioides Batt, Rhaponticum coniferum subsp berardioides ( Batt ) Greuter. . )
  • Rhaponticum canariense DC. , The only kind in the Canary Islands.
  • Safflower Mountain Charter, Hirsch root, Maral root or Maralpflanze ( Rhaponticum carthamoides ( Willd.) Ilyin, Syn: Cnicus carthamoides Willd, Leuzea carthamoides ( Willd.) DC, Stemmacantha carthamoides ( Willd.) Dittrich. . )
  • Pin head ( Rhaponticum coniferum (L.) Greuter, Syn: Centaurea L. conifera, Leuzea conifera (L. ) DC. )
  • Rhaponticum cossonianum (Ball) Greuter
  • Rhaponticum Cynaroides Less.
  • Rhaponticum exaltatum ( Willk. ) Greuter
  • Rhaponticum fontqueri ( Sauvage ) Hidalgo ( Syn: Leuzea fontqueri Sauvage )
  • 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 Ilyin
  • Rhaponticum longifolium ( Hoffmanns. & Link ) Dittrich
  • Rhaponticum lyratum C.Winkl. ex Ilyin
  • Rhaponticum namanganicum Ilyin
  • Rhaponticum nanum Lipsky: Rhaponticum nanum Lipsky subsp. nanum
  • Rhaponticum nanum Lipsky subsp. pellucidum ( Ind. f ) Dittrich
  • Alp Mountain Charter or Giant Knapweed ( Rhaponticum scariosum subsp rhaponticum (L.) Greuter, Syn. Centaurea rhapontica L., Leuzea rhapontica (L.) Holub, Stemmacantha rhapontica (L.) Dittrich )
  • Lamarck's Mountain Charter ( Rhaponticum scariosum Lam. Subsp. Scariosum )

Swell

  • Oriane Hidalgo, Núria Garcia- Jaca, Teresa Garnatje & Alfonso Susanna: Phylogeny of Rhaponticum (Asteraceae, Cardueae - Centaureinae ) and related genera inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data: taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Ann. Bot, 97, 2006, pp. 705-714: Online.
  • Rhaponticum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network ( GRIN), USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
Perennial plant Pappus (flower structure) Caucasus Mountains Altai Mountains Agricultural Research Service
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