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 | |
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| Catananche caerulea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Subtribe: | Scolyminae |
| Genus: | Catananche L. |
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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
editAccording to recent genetic analyses, the genus Catananche is related to the genera Hymenonema, Scolymus and Gundelia. This results in the following relationship tree.[6]
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References
edit- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-12 at archive.today
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 812-813 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Catananche L.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Catananche
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ 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
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
