Mantisalca

Mantisalca
A dagger flower, M. salmantica, in Albatera Alicante, Spain.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae[1]
Genus: Mantisalca
Cass. [2][3]
Type species
Mantisalca salmantica
(L.) Briq. & Cavill.
Synonyms[4]
  • Centaurea subgenus Mantisalca Cass.

Mantisalca is a genus of flowering plants in the thistle tribe within the daisy family.[4][5][6]

Species[1][7][8]
  1. Mantisalca amberboides (Caball.) Maire - Morocco
  2. Mantisalca delestrii Briq. & Cavill. - Morocco, Algeria
  3. Mantisalca duriaei Briq. & Cavill. - France, Spain, Italy
  4. Mantisalca salmantica (L.) Briq. & Cavill. - widespread from Britain + Morocco to Palestine

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. In: Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique, Paris 1818: 142. "Name - Mantisalca Cass.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  3. "Plant Name Details for Genus Mantisalca". IPNI. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  4. 1 2 Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1818. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1818: 142 in French
  5. Tropicos, Mantisalca Cass.
  6. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Mantisalca includes photos and distribution maps
  7. "Query Results for Genus Genus". IPNI. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  8. "Name - Mantisalca Cass. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 17, 2010.


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