Alfredia

Alfredia
Alfredia cernua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Onopordinae
Genus:	Alfredia Cass.
Type species
Alfredia cernua (L.) Cass.

Alfredia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1816. ^{[1] [2]}

Alfredia is native to Central Asia and western China. ^{[3] [4]}

Species ^{[5] [4]}

• Alfredia acantholepis Kar. & Kir. - Xinjiang, Altai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
• Alfredia aspera C.Shih - Xinjiang
• Alfredia cernua (L.) Cass. - Xinjiang, Altai, Kazakhstan
• Alfredia fetissowii Iljin - Xinjiang, Kyrgyzstan
• Alfredia integrifolia (Iljin) Tulyag. - Central Asia
• Alfredia nivea Kar. & Kir. - Xinjiang, Altai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
• Alfredia talassica Korovin ex Iljin - Turkmenistan

References

1. Cuvier, Georges-Frédéric. 1816. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 1(Suppl.): 115-116. in French
2. Tropicos, Alfredia Cass.
3. Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 154 翅膜菊属 chi mo ju shu Alfredia Cassini in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 1(Suppl.): 115. 1816.
4. "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
5. The Plant List, search for Alfredia

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