Asteraceae

Klasea Cass.

First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 35: 173 (1825)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia to Indian Subcontinent, N. Africa.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial unarmed herbs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves simple, entire or serrate or sometimes pinnatisect, eglandular, glabrous or with lanate or villous pubescence
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence of terminal, solitary or corymbosely grouped capitula, homogamous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Phyllaries
Phyllaries (involucre bracts) leaf- like, regularly imbricate, veined, with an appendage usually reduced to an apical slender spine, often reflexed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Florets all alike, narrowly tubular, limb ± equal to tube and deeply 5-lobed, corollas purplish, pink or yellow
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes obovoid, compressed, truncate, ribbed, glabrous, hilum almost basal; pappus of many coarse barbellate or barbellate-plumose hairs, persistent, double with the inner row raised above the outer.
Distribution
Sixty-five species, Europe, Mediterranean region, SW Asia and northern Africa; 4 species in Iraq.
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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 2025. 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 2025. 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