Asteraceae

Cynara L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 827 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Robust perennial herbs with stout, sparingly branched, winged or unwinged stems
Morphology Leaves
Leaves large, pinnatisect or pinnate, with a winged rachis, spiny or rarely unarmed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula very large, homogamous, solitary or in few-headed corymbs; involucre ovoid or globose; phyllaries multiseriate, thick, outer coriaceous, with no central costa, spinose or not; receptacle fleshy, densely setose
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corollas blue, purplish-blue or whitish, tubular with an obliquely 5-lobed limb; filaments free, glandular
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes oblong-obovoid, compressed and ± 4-angled, hilum basal; pappus multiseriate, setae long, stout, plumose, connate at base into a deciduous ring.
Distribution
About 8 species in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia; two species in Iraq.
Etymology
(Cynara, either from the Gr. κυνάρα, kynara, canine; or from the Lat. cinara, a plant native to the island of Cinara (now Zinara) in the Aegean.)
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Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

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

  • 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