- Family: Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Echinops L.
This genus is accepted, and is native to Europe, Asia-Tropical, Africa and Asia-Temperate..
Descriptions
According to Flora of Tropical East Africa
[FTEA]Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Habit
- Perennial spiny herbs
- Leaves
- Leaves alternate, sessile, often dissected; leaves near the base of the stem larger and wider than those nearer the synflorescences
- Capitulum
- Capitula with a single floret; many capitula packed into dense synflorescences, these terminal and globose or ellipsoid, subtended by few bracts; capitula with or without basal setae; phyllaries 3–5-seriate, the outer free, the inner connate at the base, the outermost smallest and often spatulate with a laciniate apex, the inner more lanceolate
- Corolla
- Corolla white, red or blue, tube cylindric with campanulate distal part, lobes long and linear.
- Anthers
- Anthers long-exserted and with hairy tails.
- Style
- Style branches often hairy
- Fruits
- Achenes ascending-pilose; pappus of short scales.
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Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaïre
Introduced into:
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Denmark, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New South Wales, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Saskatchewan, Sweden, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Accepted Species
- Echinops abazariae Mozaff.
- Echinops aberdaricus R.E.Fr.
- Echinops abstersibilis Iljin
- Echinops abuzinadianus Chaudhary
- Echinops acantholepis (Less.) Jaub. & Spach
- Echinops adenocaulos Boiss.
- Echinops adenoclados (Hedge) C.Vural
- Echinops afghanicus Gilli
- Echinops albicaulis Kar. & Kir.
- Echinops amoenus Rech.f.
- Echinops amplexicaulis Oliv.
- Echinops angustilobus S.Moore
- Echinops antalyensis C.Vural
- Echinops arachniolepis Rech.f.
- Echinops araneosus Lazkov
- Echinops armatus Steven
- Echinops armenus Grossh.
- Echinops atrox Kit Tan
- Echinops aucheri Boiss.
- Echinops austroiranicus Mozaff.
- Echinops avajensis Mozaff.
- Echinops babatagensis Tschern.
- Echinops bakhtiaricus Rech.f.
- Echinops bampsianus Lisowski
- Echinops bannaticus Rochel ex Schrad.
- Echinops barezicus Montaz. & Mozaff.
- Echinops borae C.Vural
- Echinops bovei Boiss.
- Echinops brevipenicillatus Tschern.
- Echinops buhaitensis Mesfin
- Echinops candelabrum Rech.f.
- Echinops cephalotes DC.
- Echinops ceratophorus Boiss.
- Echinops cervicornis Bornm.
- Echinops chantavicus Trautv.
- Echinops chardini Boiss. & Buhse
- Echinops chloroleucus Rech.f.
- Echinops chlorophyllus Rech.f.
- Echinops chodzha-mumini Rassulova & B.A.Sharipova
- Echinops chorassanicus Bunge
- Echinops conrathii Freyn
- Echinops coriophyllus C.Shih
- Echinops cornigerus DC.
- Echinops cyanocephalus Boiss. & Hausskn.
- Echinops cyrenaicus
- Echinops dagestanicus Iljin
- Echinops dasyanthus Regel & Schmalh.
- Echinops delicatus Mozaff.
- Echinops descendens Hand.-Mazz.
- Echinops dichrous Boiss. & Hausskn.
- Echinops dissectus Kitag.
- Echinops dubjanskyi Iljin
- Echinops dumanii C.Vural
- Echinops ecbatanus Bornm. ex Rech.f.
- Echinops echinatus Roxb.
- Echinops ellenbeckii O.Hoffm.
- Echinops elymaiticus Born
- Echinops emiliae O.Schwarz ex P.H.Davis
- Echinops endotrichus Rech.f.
- Echinops erinaceus Kit Tan
- Echinops erioceras Bornm.
- Echinops eryngiifolius O.Hoffm.
- Echinops exaltatus Schrad.
- Echinops fastigiatus Kamelin & Tscherneva
- Echinops faucicola Rech.f.
- Echinops fedtschenkoi Iljin
- Echinops foliosus Sommier & Levier
- Echinops fontqueri Pau
- Echinops freitagii Rech.f.
- Echinops gaillardotii Boiss.
- Echinops galalensis
- Echinops gedrosiacus Bornm.
- Echinops ghoranus Rech.f.
- Echinops giganteus A.Rich.
- Echinops glaberrimus DC.
- Echinops glanduloso-punctatus Rech.f.
- Echinops gmelinii Turcz.
- Echinops gracilis O.Hoffm.
- Echinops graecus Mill.
- Echinops griffithianus Boiss.
- Echinops grijsii Hance
- Echinops guineensis C.D.Adams
- Echinops haussknechtii Boiss.
- Echinops hebelepis DC.
- Echinops hedgei Kit Tan
- Echinops heteromorphus Bunge
- Echinops heterophyllus P.H.Davis
- Echinops himantophyllus Mattf.
- Echinops hispidus Fresen.
- Echinops hissaricus Rassulova & B.A.Sharipova
- Echinops hoehnelii Schweinf.
- Echinops hololeucus Rech.f.
- Echinops humilis M.Bieb.
- Echinops hussonii Boiss.
- Echinops hystrichoides Kit Tan
- Echinops ilicifolius Bunge
- Echinops inermis Boiss. & Hausskn.
- Echinops integrifolius Kar. & Kir.
- Echinops iranshahrii Rech.f.
- Echinops jaxarticus Bunge
- Echinops jesdianus Boiss. & Buhse
- Echinops kafirniganus Bobrov
- Echinops kandaharensis Rech.f. & Köie
- Echinops karatavicus Regel & Schmalh.
- Echinops kasakorum Pavlov
- Echinops kazerunensis Mozaff.
- Echinops kebericho Mesfin
- Echinops keredjensis Rech.f.
- Echinops kermanshahanicus Mozaff.
- Echinops khansaricus Mozaff.
- Echinops khuzistanicus Mozaff.
- Echinops knorringianus Iljin
- Echinops kotschyi Boiss.
- Echinops kurdicus Bunge
- Echinops lalesarensis Bornm.
- Echinops lanatus C.Jeffrey & Mesfin
- Echinops laricus Mozaff.
- Echinops lasiolepis Bunge
- Echinops latifolius Tausch
- Echinops leiopolyceras Bornm.
- Echinops leiopolyceroides Mozaff.
- Echinops leucographus Bunge
- Echinops lipskyi Iljin
- Echinops longifolius A.Rich.
- Echinops longipenicillatus Mozaff. & Ghahr.
- Echinops longisetus A.Rich.
- Echinops macrochaetus Fresen.
- Echinops macrophyllus Boiss. & Hausskn.
- Echinops malacophyllus Rech.f.
- Echinops mandavillei Kit Tan
- Echinops maracandicus Bunge
- Echinops melitenensis Hedge & Hub.-Mor.
- Echinops mersinensis Gemici & Leblebici
- Echinops microcephalus Sm.
- Echinops mildbraedii Mattf.
- Echinops mosulensis Rech.f.
- Echinops multicaulis Nevski
- Echinops nanus Bunge
- Echinops nitens Bornm.
- Echinops niveus
- Echinops nizvanus Rech.f.
- Echinops nuratavicus A.D.Li
- Echinops obliquilobus Iljin
- Echinops onopordum P.H.Davis
- Echinops opacifolius Iljin
- Echinops orientalis Trautv.
- Echinops ossicus K.Koch
- Echinops oxyodontus Bornm. & Diels
- Echinops pabotii Rech.f.
- Echinops pachyphyllus Rech.f.
- Echinops pannosus Rech.f.
- Echinops pappii Chiov.
- Echinops paradoxus Rech.f.
- Echinops parviflorus Boiss. & Buhse
- Echinops pathanorum Rech.f.
- Echinops × pellenzianus Hügin & W.Lohmeyer
- Echinops phaeocephalus Hand.-Mazz.
- Echinops philistaeus Feinbrun & Zohary
- Echinops polyacanthus Iljin
- Echinops polyceras Boiss.
- Echinops polychromus Rech.f.
- Echinops polygamus Bunge
- Echinops praetermissus Nevski
- Echinops prionolepis Bornm. & Mattf.
- Echinops procerus Mozaff.
- Echinops przewalskyi Iljin
- Echinops psammophilus Mozaff.
- Echinops pseudomaracandicus Rassulova & B.A.Sharipova
- Echinops pseudosetifer Kitag.
- Echinops pubisquameus Iljin
- Echinops pungens Trautv.
- Echinops quercetorum Mozaff.
- Echinops raddeanus Sommier & Levier
- Echinops rajasthanensis R.P.Pandey & V.Singh
- Echinops rectangularis Rech.f.
- Echinops registanicus Rech.f.
- Echinops reticulatus E.A.Bruce
- Echinops ritro L.
- Echinops ritrodes Bunge
- Echinops robustus Bunge
- Echinops rubromontanus Kamelin ex Rassulova & B.A.Sharipova
- Echinops sabzevarensis Mozaff.
- Echinops saissanicus (B.Keller) Bobrov
- Echinops setifer Iljin
- Echinops shahrudensis Mozaff. & Ghahr.
- Echinops sheilae Kit Tan
- Echinops shulabadensis Mozaff.
- Echinops sintenisii Freyn
- Echinops sojakii Rech.f.
- Echinops sphaerocephalus L.
- Echinops spiniger Iljin
- Echinops spinosissimus Turra
- Echinops strigosus L.
- Echinops sulaimanii Rech.f.
- Echinops sylvicola C.Shih
- Echinops syriacus Boiss.
- Echinops szowitzii Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex DC.
- Echinops taeckholmianus Amin
- Echinops taftanicus Mozaff. & Ghahr.
- Echinops talassicus Golosk.
- Echinops tenuisectus Rech.f.
- Echinops tjanschanicus Bobrov
- Echinops tournefortii Ledeb.
- Echinops transcaspicus Bornm.
- Echinops transcaucasicus Iljin
- Echinops transiliensis Golosk.
- Echinops tricholepis Schrenk
- Echinops tschimganicus B.Fedtsch.
- Echinops vaginatus Boiss. & Hausskn.
- Echinops villosissimus Bunge
- Echinops viridifolius Iljin
- Echinops viscidulus Mozaff.
- Echinops wakhanicus Rech.f.
- Echinops yemenicus Kit Tan
Other Data
Echinops L. appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Sp. Pl.: 814 (1753)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 3: 430.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Mesfin in K.B. 52: 879 (1997)
- K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 136 (1994)
- C. Jeffrey in K.B. 22: 113 (1968)
- Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 356 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 814 (1753)
Sources
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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