Atractylis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Carlininae
Genus: Atractylis
Species: A. arabica – A. arbuscula – A. aristata – A. auranitica – A. babelii – A. boulosii – A. caerulea – A. caespitosa – A. cancellata – A. carduus – A. ciliaris – A. cryptocephala – A. delicatula – A. delvarii – A. echinata – A. echinops – A. humilis – A. kentrophylloides – A. mernephthae – A. mutica – A. phaeolepis – A. phazaniae – A. polycephala – A. preauxiana – A. prolifera – A. scabra – A. serrata – A. serratuloides – A. sojakii – A. spinosa – A. tutinii
Name

Atractylis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 829. 1753.

Lectotype species: Atractylis humilis L. (designated by Cassini, Dict. Sci. Nat. 47: 510. Mai 1827; Lessing, Syn. Gen. Comp. 13. Jul-Aug 1832.)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Acarna Boehm. in Ludw., Def. Gen. Pl., ed. 3: 195. 1760, non Acarna Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 13. 1762.
Anactis Cass., Cass. in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 47: 510. May 1827, non Raf. 1837.
Lectotypus: Anactis serratuloides Cass. in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 50: 56. Nov 1827 (designated by Index Nominum Genericorum (ING) Staff, Washington, in ING card No. 32040. 1971)
Atractylis sect. Anactis (Cass.) DC., Prodr. 6: 550. 1838.
Cirsellium Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 454. t. 163. 1791.
Crocodilina Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 171. Dec. 1899.
Spadactis Cass. in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 47: 510. May 1827.
Lectotypus: Spadactis radiciflora Cass. in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 50: 53. Nov 1827 (? = Atractylis humilis L.]. (designated by Flann in Taxon 59(4): 1238. 2010.)

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 829. Reference page.

Additional references

Flann, C., Greuter, W. & Hind, D.J.N. 2010. Cassini's Compositae genera: A nomenclatural and taxonomic assessment. Taxon 59(4): 1206–1244. DOI: 10.1002/tax.594021 JSTOR. Reference page.
Jarvis, C.E. 2007. Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types. London: Linnean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, ISBN 978-0-9506207-7-0, 1016 pp. Reference page. online

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Atractylis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Atractylis. Published online. Accessed: May 01 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Atractylis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 01. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Atractylis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 May 2018.

Vernacular names
العربية: أَشْخيص
English: Distaff thistle
עברית: חורשף
italiano: Masticogna

Atractylis is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Species

Atractylis is native to the greater Mediterranean region (southern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Canary Islands).[1][4]

Atractylis arabica Rech.f.
Atractylis arbuscula Svent. & Michaelis
Atractylis aristata Batt.
Atractylis auranitica Rech.f.
Atractylis babelii Hochr.
Atractylis boulosii Täckh.
Atractylis caerulea Batt.
Atractylis caespitosa Desf.
Atractylis cancellata L.
Atractylis carduus (Forssk.) C.Chr.
Atractylis ciliaris L.
Atractylis cryptocephala (Baker) F.G.Davies
Atractylis delicatula Batt. ex L.Chevall.
Atractylis delvarii Mozaff.
Atractylis echinata Pomel
Atractylis echinops Pall.
Atractylis humilis L.
Atractylis kentrophylloides (Baker) F.G.Davies
Atractylis mernephthae Asch., Schweinf. & Letourn.
Atractylis mutica C.C.Towns.
Atractylis phaeolepis Pomel
Atractylis phazaniae Corti
Atractylis polycephala Coss.
Atractylis preauxiana Sch.Bip.
Atractylis prolifera Boiss.
Atractylis scabra Boiss.
Atractylis serrata Pomel
Atractylis serratuloides (Cass.) DC.
Atractylis sojakii Rech.f.
Atractylis spinosa L.
Atractylis tutinii Franco

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 829-830. in Latin
Tropicos, Atractylis L.
Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Atractylis includes and European distribution maps