Knautia

Knautia
Knautia arvensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Dipsacales
Family:	Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily:	Dipsacoideae
Genus:	Knautia L.
Species [1]
55; see text
Synonyms [1]
LychniscabiosaFabr. (1759), nom. superfl. ThlasidiaRaf. (1838) TricheraSchrad. ex Roem. & Schult. (1818)

Knautia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 55 species native to Europe, North Africa, Western and Central Asia, and Siberia. ^[1] The common names are variants of "widow flower". Others are given the name "scabious", which properly belongs to the related genus ( Scabiosa ). The name Knautia comes from the 17th-century German botanists, Drs. Christoph and Christian Knaut. ^[2]

Species

55 species are accepted. ^[1]

• Knautia adriatica Ehrend.
• Knautia albanica Briq.
• Knautia × alleizettei Chass. & Szabó
• Knautia ambigua Boiss. & Orph.
• Knautia arvensis (L.) Coult. – Meadow widow flower, blue buttons, field scabious
• Knautia arvernensis (Briq.) Szabó
• Knautia baldensis A.Kern. ex Borbás
• Knautia basaltica Chass. & Szabó
• Knautia byzantina Fritsch
• Knautia calycina (C.Presl) Guss.
• Knautia carinthiaca Ehrend.
• Knautia caroli-rechingeri Micevski
• Knautia × chassagnei Szabó
• Knautia clementii (Beck) Ehrenb.
• Knautia collina (Gaudin) Jord.
• Knautia dalmatica Beck
• Knautia degenii Borbás
• Knautia dinarica (Murb.) Borbás
• Knautia dipsacifolia Kreutzer
• Knautia × dobrogensis Prodan
• Knautia drymeia Heuff. – Hungarian widow flower
• Knautia fleischmannii (Hladnik ex Rchb.) Beck
• Knautia foreziensis Chass. & Szabó
• Knautia godetii Reut.
• Knautia goecmenii Yıldırım
• Knautia gussonei Szabó
• Knautia illyrica Beck
• Knautia integrifolia (Honck. ex L.) Bertol.
• Knautia × intercedens Beck
• Knautia involucrata Sommier & Levier
• Knautia kitaibelii (Schult.) Borbás
• Knautia lebrunii J.Prudhomme
• Knautia legionensis (Lag.) DC.
• Knautia × leucantha Schur
• Knautia longifolia (Waldst. & Kit.) W.D.J.Koch – Long leaf widow flower
• Knautia lucana Lacaita & Szabó
• Knautia macedonica Griseb. – Macedonian scabious
• Knautia magnifica Boiss. & Orph.
• Knautia mauritanica Pomel
• Knautia mollis Jord.
• Knautia nevadensis (M.Winkl. ex Szabó) Szabó
• Knautia × norica Ehrend.
• Knautia numantina (Pau) Devesa, Ortega Oliv. & J.López
• Knautia × oecsemensis Nyár.
• Knautia orientalis L.
• Knautia pancicii Szabó
• Knautia pectinata Ehrend.
• Knautia persicina A.Kern.
• Knautia × posoniensis Degen
• Knautia ressmannii (Pacher) Borbás
• Knautia rupicola (Willk.) Font Quer
• Knautia salvadoris Sennen ex Szabó
• Knautia × sambucifolia (Godet) Briq.
• Knautia sarajevensis (Beck) Szabó
• Knautia shepardii Post & Beauverd
• Knautia slovaca Štěpánek
• Knautia × speciosa Schur
• Knautia subcanescens Jord.
• Knautia subscaposa Boiss. & Reut.
• Knautia tatarica (L.) Szabó
• Knautia transalpina (Christ ex Gremli) Briq.
• Knautia travnicensis (Beck) Szabó
• Knautia × ujhelyii Jáv.
• Knautia velebitica Szabó
• Knautia velutina Briq.
• Knautia visianii Szabó

References

1. Knautia L. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 29 April 2024.
2. The Plant Lover's Companion: Plants, People & Places by Julia Brittain