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Mantisalca
A dagger flower, M. salmantica, in Albatera Alicante, Spain.
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Mantisalca

Type species
Mantisalca salmantica
Synonyms[2]
  • Centaurea subgenus Mantisalca Cass.

Mantisalca is a genus of flowering plants in the thistle tribe within the daisy family.[4][5]

Description

Annual or biennial herbs growing between 50 cm to 1.3 metres in size.[6][7] Herbage is not spiny.[7]

Morphology

Stems erect, strongly branched, longitudinal parallel lines (striate) with wings on stem absent.[6]

Leaves grow around the base (basal) and along the stem (cauline).[7] Leaves are without spines. Basal leaves dissected to the midrib with the leave segments merging (confluent) at the midrib (pinnatisect).[6] Stem leaves sparse, much reduced, very narrow in length with parallel sides (linear) and toothed, with the teeth pointing towards the leaf tip (serrate).[6]

Flower heads solitary with ray-florets absent and receptacle scales present.[8] Involcural bracts are ovoid to spheric in shape, 10 to 15 mm in diameter.[7] The bracts are in several series, up to eight in number, ending in a short deciduous spines or with a short sharp point (mucronate).[8][7][6]

Taxonomy

Etymology

Mantisalca is the anagram of the type species epithet salmantica.[7]

Species

Species[1][9][10]

Selected hybrids include:

Distribution and Habitat

Mantisalca occurs primarily in northern Africa, southern Europe and Turkey. One species Mantisalca salmantica is naturalised in Australia.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-18 at archive.today
  2. ^ a b Cassini 1818, p. 142.
  3. ^ "Plant Name Details for Genus Mantisalca". IPNI. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  4. ^ Tropicos, Mantisalca Cass.
  5. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Mantisalca includes photos and distribution maps
  6. ^ a b c d e f Orchard 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Keil 2006.
  8. ^ a b Stanley & Ross 1986, p. 587.
  9. ^ "Query Results for Genus Genus". IPNI. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  10. ^ "Name - Mantisalca Cass. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 17, 2010.

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