Reichardia

Summary

Reichardia is a genus of plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae native to the Mediterranean and western Asia.[3] In Crete, Greece the leaves and tender shoots of a variety of Reichardia picroides called galatsida (γαλατσίδα) are eaten raw, boiled, cooked in steam or browned with olive oil by the locals.[4] Brighteyes is a common name for plants in this genus.[5]

Reichardia
Reichardia gaditana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Hyoseridinae
Genus: Reichardia
Roth 1787, not Roth 1800 (Plantaginaceae) nor Roth 1821 (Fabaceae) nor Dennst. 1818 (Apocynaceae)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Picridium Desf.
Species[6][2]
  • Reichardia baetica M.J.Gallego & Talavera
  • Reichardia canariensis M.J.Gallego & Talavera
  • Reichardia crystallina (Sch.Bip. ex Sch.Bip.) Bramwell
  • Reichardia dichotoma (DC.) Freyn
  • Reichardia famarae Bramwell & G.Kunkel ex M.J.Gallego & Talavera
  • Reichardia gaditana (Willk.) Samp.
  • Reichardia intermedia (Sch.Bip.) Samp.
  • Reichardia ligulata (Vent.) G.Kunkel & Sunding
  • Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth – common brighteyes[7]
  • Reichardia × sventenia M.J.Gallego & Talavera
  • Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth

References edit

  1. ^ Tropicos search for Reichardia
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  3. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Reichardia includes photos plus European distribution maps
  4. ^ Kleonikos G. Stavridakis, Κλεόνικος Γ. Σταυριδάκης (2006). Wild edible plants of Crete - Η Άγρια βρώσιμη χλωρίδα της Κρήτης. Rethymnon Crete. ISBN 960-631-179-1.
  5. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Reichardia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  6. ^ The Plant List
  7. ^ US Department of Agriculture plants profile Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth (Common brighteyes)

External links edit

  •   Media related to Reichardia at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Reichardia". Herbari virtual (in Catalan). Universitat de les Illes Balears. Archived from the original on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2010-04-28.