Serratula | |
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Serratula tinctoria [1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
Tribe: | Cardueae |
Subtribe: | Centaureinae |
Genus: | Serratula L. |
Type species | |
Serratula tinctoria | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Serratula is a genus [3] of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae native to Eurasia. [4] [5] Plumeless saw-wort is a common name for plants in this genus. [6] Serratula as traditionally defined contains at least two groups: one of which is basal within the subtribe Centaureinae and one of which is derived; the former group can be moved to the genus Klasea . [7]
Various species contain apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, other flavonoids and ecdysteroids. [8]
Numerous species are now considered members of other genera:
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae, with between 200 and 400 species. Common names for various species in the genus include mugwort, wormwood, and sagebrush.
The Salsoloideae are a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae, formerly in family Chenopodiaceae.
Inula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa.
The Cardueae are a tribe of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) and the subfamily Carduoideae. Most of them are commonly known as thistles; four of the best known genera are Carduus, Cynara, Cirsium, and Onopordum.
Rhaponticum is a formerly accepted genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. As of May 2023, both Plants of the World Online and the Global Compositae Database rejected the genus in favour of Leuzea. Plants of the World Online placed all its species in that genus, apart from one unplaced species, Rhaponticum scariosum.
Lagochilus is a genus of the mint family that contains Turkistan mint.
Oligochaeta is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.
Ammodendron is a genus of flowering plants, called the sand acacias, in the family Fabaceae. It contains five species, which range from Iran through Central Asia to Xinjiang. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Its name is derived from the Greek άμμοςammos ("sand") and δένδρονdendron ("tree").
Tugarinovia is a genus of East Asian plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.
Leuzea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Its species are native to Macaronesia, North Africa, and eastwards throughout temperate Eurasia. The genus was established by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1805.
Olgaea is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, having a typical thistle appearance.
Phalacrachena is a genus of Eurasian plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.
Seseli is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Apiaceae. They are sometimes woody at base with a conic taproot. Leaf blades are 1–3-pinnate or pinnately decompound. Umbels are compound, with bracts few or absent. Petals are white or yellow, and the fruit ovoid or ellipsoid.
Anabasis is a genus of plants in the subfamily Salsoloideae of the family Amaranthaceae. It is distributed in southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia.
Halostachys is a genus of flowering plants in the plant family Amaranthaceae, containing a single species, Halostachys caspica. The plants are small to medium halophytic shrubs with apparently jointed fleshy stems and scale-like leaves. They are native to Asia and southeastern Europe.
Klasea is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.
Klasea pusilla, is a species in the genus Klasea. It is a native of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Eutrema is a genus of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae, native to the Holarctic. Its best known member is wasabi, Eutrema japonicum. The name comes from the Greek εὐ- (eu-) 'well' et τρῆμα (trêma) 'hole', because of a hole in the septum of the fruit.
Rhaponticoides is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, found in northern Africa, southern and eastern Europe, and western Asia as far east as Mongolia. They were resurrected from Centaurea.
Pyankovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.