Atractylis

For the genus of hydrozoans, see Bougainvillia.

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

Species

Atractylis
Atractylis comosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Carlininae
Genus:	Atractylis L. 1753 not Boehm. 1760.
Synonyms[1]
Spadactis Cass. Atractylis sect. Anactis (Cass.) DC. Acarna All. Crocodilina Bubani Anactis Cass. Cirsellium Gaertn.

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

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