- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Atractylis L.

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, spiny, dentate to pinnatisect
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Capitula solitary or in corymbs, homogamous or heterogamous, discoid or ligulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Phyllaries
- Phyllaries in 2 unequal series, the outer leaf-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes oblong-obconical, with long hairs; pappus of plumose bristles.
- Distribution
- About 27 species around the Mediterranean, on the Canary Is., and in south-western Asia.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Chad, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia
- Atractylis arabica Rech.f.
- Atractylis arbuscula Svent. & Michaelis
- Atractylis aristata Batt.
- Atractylis auranitica Rech.f.
- Atractylis babelii Hochr.
- Atractylis boulosii Täckh.
- Atractylis caerulea Batt.
- Atractylis caespitosa Desf.
- Atractylis cancellata L.
- Atractylis carduus (Forssk.) C.Chr.
- Atractylis cryptocephala (Baker) F.G.Davies
- Atractylis delicatula Batt. ex L.Chevall.
- Atractylis delvarii Mozaff.
- Atractylis echinata Pomel
- Atractylis humilis L.
- Atractylis kentrophylloides (Baker) F.G.Davies
- Atractylis mernephthae Asch. & Schweinf. & Letourn.
- Atractylis phaeolepis Pomel
- Atractylis phazaniae Corti
- Atractylis polycephala Coss.
- Atractylis preauxiana Sch.Bip.
- Atractylis prolifera Boiss.
- Atractylis serrata Pomel
- Atractylis serratuloides Sieber ex Cass.
- Atractylis sojakii Rech.f.
- Atractylis tutinii Franco
- Atractylis yemensis Podlech
Atractylis L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 829 (1753)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 2: 465.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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