Asteraceae

Carthamus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 830 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Europe to Central Asia and W. Himalaya, Macaronesia to Arabian Peninsula.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Annual or perennial herbs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, spiny
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Capitula solitary or corymbose, homogamous, discoid; phyllaries with spiny margins
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Florets slender
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style with long linear branches
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes obovoid, smooth, glabrous; pappus double, the outer of larger scales, the inner of smaller scales, but often absent in the outer florets.
Distribution
Over 40 species in southern Europe, Asia and North Africa.
[FSOM]

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Morphology General Habit
Annual herbs or subshrubs (two W European species), corymbosely branched with rigid, often whitish stems and branches, glabrescent to ± arachnoid and shortly glandular
Morphology Leaves
Leaves coriaceous, usually spinose, dentate to pinnatisect, rarely simple and entire, upper sessile and ± auriculate or amplexicaul
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula homogamous, many-flowered
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
Involucre subglobose to broadly or more narrowly ovoid, ± arachnoid and glandular
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Phyllaries
Phyllaries multiseriate, outer and median leafy or with a leafy or fimbriate appendage, inner lanceolate and ± striate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla bluish to orange or bright to pale yellow, rarely whitish, limb deeply divided
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
Filaments bearded, with scattered hairs or glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes glabrous, turbinate, mostly bluntly to distinctly 4-angled, the marginal rugose and almost always lacking a pappus, the inner smooth except usually about the apex, with a pappus of scales or barbellate to shortly plumose bristles.
Distribution
About 14 species in the Mediterranean region and SW & C Asia; 7 species in Iraq.
Etymology
Carthamus (from the Arab. name Qurtūm for safflower, C. tinctorius, q.v.).
[FIQ]

Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0