Alfredia

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Alfredia
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Alfredia cernua
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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

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]

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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. 1 2 "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