Cousinia

Cousinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cynareae
Genus:	Cousinia Cass.
Species
C. crispa

The genus Cousinia of the tribe Cardueae (= Cynareae) is in its current circumscription one of the larger genera in the Asteraceae, with approximately 600-700 species distributed in central and western Asia.

Many of the species in this genus were once classified in genus Arctium (Burdock).

Some species of Cousinia

• Cousinia adenophora, Juz.
• Cousinia adenostigia, Resch.
• Cousinia angreni, Juz.
• Cousinia butkovii, Tscherneva et Vved.
• Cousinia concolor, Bunge
• Cousinia coronata, Franch.
• Cousinia crispa, Jaub & Spach.
• Cousinia discolor, Bunge
• Cousinia dshisakensis, Kult.
• Cousinia elbursensis, Mahdigholi, Attar, Sheidai & Ghahreman
• Cousinia hypoleuca, Boiss.
• Cousinia irritans, Resch.
• Cousinia microcarpa, Boiss.
• Cousinia minuta, Boiss.
• Cousinia multiloba DC.
• Cousinia onopordioides, Ledeb.
• Cousinia pinarocephala, Boiss.
• Cousinia pseudomollis
• Cousinia pterocaulos, C.A. Mey.
• Cousinia radians, Bunge.
• Cousinia regelii, C. Winkl.
• Cousinia sheidaei, Attar, Ghahreman & Mahdigholi
• Cousinia serratuloides, Boiss.

External links

• USDA GRIN
• Mehregan, I. & Kadereit, J. W.: Taxonomic revision of Cousinia sect. Cynaroideae (Asteraceae, Cardueae). Willdenowia 38: 293-362.