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Galactites
Galactites tomentosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Cardueae[1]
Genus:
Galactites

Type species
Galactites tomentosus
Synonyms[1]

Lupsia Neck. ex Neck.

Galactites is a genus of flowering plants in the thistle family.[2][3][4] The name is derived from the Greek γάλα (= "milk"). The best known species is Galactites tomentosus.[5]

Species[1]
  1. Galactites duriaei Spach ex Durieu - Spain, France, Channel Islands (UK), Monaco, Andorra, Gibraltar, Algeria, Morocco
  2. Galactites mutabilis Durieu - Algeria, Tunisia
  3. Galactites rigualii Figuerola, Stübing & Peris - Spain
  4. Galactites tomentosus Moench (sometimes spelled tomentosa but see Tropicos[3]) - Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Malta, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira

References

  1. ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Moench, Conrad. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis : a staminum situ describendi 558 in Latin
  3. ^ a b Tropicos, Galactites Moench
  4. ^ Euro+Med PlantBase
  5. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Galactites includes photos and range maps


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