Phagnalon

Phagnalon
Phagnalon saxatile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Gnaphalieae
Genus:	Phagnalon Cass.
Synonyms [1]
GnaphalonLowe

Phagnalon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} native to southern Europe, North Africa and northeastern Tropical Africa, and Western Asia to the Arabian Peninsula and Tibet. ^[6]

Species

32 species are accepted, along with several interspecific hybrids. ^[6]

• Phagnalon abyssinicum Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.
• Phagnalon acuminatum Boiss.
• Phagnalon barbeyanum Asch. & Schweinf.
• Phagnalon bicolor Ball
• Phagnalon calycinum (Cav.) DC.
• Phagnalon × caroli Pau
• Phagnalon darvazicum Krasch.
• Phagnalon × domingoi Sennen
• Phagnalon garamantum Maire
• Phagnalon graecum Boiss. & Heldr.
• Phagnalon harazianum Deflers
• Phagnalon kotschyi Sch.Bip. ex Boiss.
• Phagnalon lavranosii Qaiser & Lack
• Phagnalon linifolium Post
• Phagnalon melanoleucum Webb
• Phagnalon nitidum Fresen.
• Phagnalon niveum Edgew.
• Phagnalon × paschale Sennen
• Phagnalon persicum Boiss.
• Phagnalon phagnaloides (A.Rich.) Cufod.
• Phagnalon purpurascens Sch.Bip.
• Phagnalon pycnophyllon Rech.f.
• Phagnalon pygmaeum (Sieber) Greuter
• Phagnalon quartinianum A.Rich.
• Phagnalon rechingeri Lack & Qaiser
• Phagnalon retecta Qaiser & Lack
• Phagnalon rupestre (L.) DC.
• Phagnalon saxatile (L.) Cass.
• Phagnalon schweinfurthii Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf.
• Phagnalon sinaicum Bornm. & Kneuck.
• Phagnalon sordidum (L.) Rchb.
• Phagnalon stenolepis Chiov.
• Phagnalon × telonense Jord. & Fourr.
• Phagnalon woodii Qaiser & Lack
• Phagnalon yerrimense Qaiser & Lack

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-30 at archive.today
2. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1819. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1819: 174 in French
3. Tropicos, Phagnalon Cass.
4. Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 775 绵毛菊属 mian mao ju shu Phagnalon Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1819: 174. 1819.
5. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Phagnalon includes photos and distribution maps
6. "Phagnalon Cass". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 12 February 2025.