Ptilostemon

Ptilostemon
Ptilostemon diacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Carduinae
Genus:	Ptilostemon Cass.
Synonyms
List Lamyra(Cass.) Cass. ChamaepeuceDC. KoechleaEndl. PlatyraphiumCass.

Ptilostemon is a genus of thistle in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It includes 15 species native to the Mediterranean Basin and the Caucasus. ^[4]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Ptilostemon: ^{[4] [5]}

• Ptilostemon abylensis (Maire) Greuter – Morocco
• Ptilostemon afer (Jacq.) Greuter – Turkey, Balkan Peninsula
• Ptilostemon casabonae (L.) Greuter – France, Italy
• Ptilostemon chamaepeuce (L.) Less. – eastern Mediterranean ^[6]
• Ptilostemon diacanthus (Labill.) Greuter – Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
• Ptilostemon dyricola (Maire) Greuter – Morocco
• Ptilostemon echinocephalus (Willd.) Greuter – Crimea, Turkey, Republic of Georgia
• Ptilostemon gnaphaloides (Cirillo) Soják – France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Libya
• Ptilostemon × grandei (Petr.) Greuter (P. niveus × P. strictus) – Italy
• Ptilostemon greuteri Raimondo & Domina – Sicily ^[7]
• Ptilostemon hispanicus (Lam.) Greuter – Spain
• Ptilostemon leptophyllus (Pau & Font Quer) Greuter – Morocco
• Ptilostemon niveus (C.Presl) Greuter – Italy
• Ptilostemon × pabotii Greuter (P. chamaepeuce var camptolepis × P. diacanthus subsp. turcicus) – western Syria
• Ptilostemon × parisiensis Greuter (P. afer × P. chamaepeuce var. camptolepis) – Syria
• Ptilostemon rhiphaeus (Pau & Font Quer) Greuter – Morocco, Algeria
• Ptilostemon stellatus (L.) Greuter – France, Italy, Greece, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro
• Ptilostemon strictus (Ten.) Greuter – Italy, Greece, Balkan Peninsula
• Ptilostemon × tauricola (Boiss. & Balansa) Greuter – Turkey

References

1. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1816. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1816: 200 in French
2. Tropicos, Ptilostemon Cass.
3. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Ptilostemon includes photos and range maps for 6 species
4. "Ptilostemon Cass. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
6. Cretan Flora, Ptilostemon chamaepeuce
7. Raimondo, F. M. & Domina, G.: Ptilostemon greuteri (Compositae), a new species from Sicily. – Willdenowia 36 (Special Issue): 169-175. – ISSN 0511-9618; © 2006 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.36.36114

External links

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.