Volutaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3] They range from Iberia to the Near East and East Africa, but are most diverse in the Maghreb.[4][5]
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| Inflorescence of unidentified species in Morocco | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Subtribe: | Centaureinae |
| Genus: | Volutaria Cass. |
| Type species | |
| Centaurea lippii | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species[1]
- Volutaria abyssinica (A.Rich.) C.Jeffrey
- Volutaria albicaulis (Deflers) G.Wagenitz
- Volutaria belouinii (Humbert) Maire
- Volutaria bollei (Bolle) A.Hansen & G.Kunkel
- Volutaria boranensis (Cufod.) G.Wagenitz
- Volutaria canariensis G.Wagenitz
- Volutaria crupinoides (Desf.) Maire
- Volutaria dhofarica G.Wagenitz
- Volutaria djiboutensis G.Wagenitz
- Volutaria leucantha (Coss.) Maire
- Volutaria lippii (L.) Maire
- Volutaria maroccana (Barratte & Murb.) Maire
- Volutaria muricata (L.) Maire (Morocco knapweed)
- Volutaria ramosissima (Pitard) Sennen
- Volutaria saharae (Chevall.) Quezel & Santa
- Volutaria sinaica (DC.) G.Wagenitz
- Volutaria socotrensis G.Wagenitz
- Volutaria somalensis (Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey
- Volutaria tubuliflora (Murb.) Sennen
References
edit- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1816. in French
- ^ Tropicos, Volutaria Cass.
- ^ The Plant List search for Volutaria
- ^ 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.
External links
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Media related to Volutaria at Wikimedia Commons- PPP-Index: Volutaria
- Euro+Med PlantBase: Volutaria
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