Xeranthemum

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: Carduinae
Genus: Xeranthemum
Species: X. annuum – X. inapertum – X. longepapposum – X. squarrosum
Name

Xeranthemum L.

Type species: Xeranthemum annuum L.

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 857. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Xeranthemum. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Xeranthemum. Published online. Accessed: May 01 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Xeranthemum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 01.
Tropicos.org 2018. Xeranthemum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 01.

Vernacular names
العربية: حنوة
English: immortelle
suomi: Paperikukat
հայերեն: Անմեռուկ, չորածաղիկ, հարսնավելի
русский: Сухоцвет
українська: Безсмертки

Xeranthemum is a group of plants in the sunflower family,[2][1] native to Southern Europe.

It has silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers.
Species

Species include:[3]

Xeranthemum annuum L. ("annual everlasting"): Central + southern Europe from Spain to Dagestan; Turkey, Caucasus
Xeranthemum cylindraceum Sm.: Central + southern Europe from Portugal to Ukraine; Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel
Xeranthemum cylindricum Spreng.
Xeranthemum inapertum (L.) Mill.: southern Europe, North Africa, southwest Asia from Morocco to Turkmenistan
Xeranthemum longepapposum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.: southeastern Europe, southwestern and central Asia
Xeranthemum squarrosum Boiss.: Greece, southwestern and central Asia

References

Tropicos, Xeranthemum L.
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 857-859 in Latin
The Plant List, retrieved 12 August 2016