Asteraceae

Phagnalon Cass.

First published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1819: 174 (1819)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Canary Islands, Medit. to Central Asia and Himalaya, NE. Tropical Africa to Arabian Peninsula.

Descriptions

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Morphology General Habit
Herbs or subshrubs, branched from base; stem and often at least undersides of leaves white-woolly
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula large, about 1 cm in diameter, long-pedicelled, solitary; phyllaries multiseriate, imbricate, at least partly scarious, often with brown markings, sterome undivided; receptacle flat, epaleaceous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Outer florets female, multiseriate, corollas filiform; style arm apices subulate
Disc
Disc florets hermaphrodite, corollas cylindrical; anther bases sagittate; style arm apices truncate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes oblong, setuliferous, sericeous; pappus setae uniseriate, barbellate, basally connate, white.
Distribution
Some 43 species in S. Europe, C. & S. Asia and N. Africa; only 2 species found in Iraq.
Etymology
Phagnalon (of unknown derivation; perhaps, as is sometimes the case with Cassini’s generic names, invented and meaningless).
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Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0