Catananche

Summary

Catananche is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3] It is native to dry meadows in the Mediterranean region.[4]

Catananche
Catananche caerulea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Scolyminae
Genus: Catananche
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Synonyms[1]
  • Cupidonia Bubani
  • Piptocephalum Sch.Bip.

They are cultivated for their cornflower-like blooms appearing in summer, in shades of blue, yellow and white. They are suitable for a sunny border, and for dried flower arrangements.[5]

Species[1]
  • Catananche arenaria Coss. & Durieu - Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania
  • Catananche caerulea L. - Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
  • Catananche caespitosa Desf. - Algeria, Morocco
  • Catananche lutea L. - Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
  • Catananche montana Coss. & Durieu - Algeria, Morocco

Phylogeny edit

According to recent genetic analyses, the genus Catananche is related to the genera Hymenonema, Scolymus and Gundelia. This results in the following relationship tree.[6]

subtribe Scolyminae

References edit

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-12 at archive.today
  2. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 812-813 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Catananche L.
  4. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Catananche
  5. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  6. ^ Liveri, Eleni; Tomasello, Salvatore; Oberprieler, Christoph; Kamari, Georgia (June 2016), Cytological and phylogenetic study of the Greek endemic genus Hymenonema Cass. (Cichorieae, Compositae), retrieved 2016-11-09