Ptilostemon
Genus of plants
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Ptilostemon is a genus of thistle in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3] It includes 15 species native to the Mediterranean Basin and the Caucasus.[4]
| Ptilostemon | |
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| Ptilostemon diacanthus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Subtribe: | Carduinae |
| Genus: | Ptilostemon Cass. |
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List
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Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Ptilostemon:[4][5]
- Ptilostemon abylensis (Maire) Greuter – Morocco
- Ptilostemon afer (Jacq.) Greuter – Turkey, Balkan Peninsula
- Ptilostemon casabonae (L.) Greuter – France, Italy
- Ptilostemon chamaepeuce (L.) Less. – eastern Mediterranean[6]
- Ptilostemon diacanthus (Labill.) Greuter – Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
- Ptilostemon dyricola (Maire) Greuter – Morocco
- Ptilostemon echinocephalus (Willd.) Greuter – Crimea, Turkey, Republic of Georgia
- Ptilostemon gnaphaloides (Cirillo) Soják – France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Libya
- Ptilostemon × grandei (Petr.) Greuter (P. niveus × P. strictus) – Italy
- Ptilostemon greuteri Raimondo & Domina – Sicily[7]
- Ptilostemon hispanicus (Lam.) Greuter – Spain
- Ptilostemon leptophyllus (Pau & Font Quer) Greuter – Morocco
- Ptilostemon niveus (C.Presl) Greuter – Italy
- Ptilostemon × pabotii Greuter (P. chamaepeuce var camptolepis × P. diacanthus subsp. turcicus) – western Syria
- Ptilostemon × parisiensis Greuter (P. afer × P. chamaepeuce var. camptolepis) – Syria
- Ptilostemon rhiphaeus (Pau & Font Quer) Greuter – Morocco, Algeria
- Ptilostemon stellatus (L.) Greuter – France, Italy, Greece, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro
- Ptilostemon strictus (Ten.) Greuter – Italy, Greece, Balkan Peninsula
- Ptilostemon × tauricola (Boiss. & Balansa) Greuter – Turkey
