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Tolpis

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Tolpis
Tolpis barbata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Cichoriinae
Genus: Tolpis
Adans.
Type species
Tolpis barbata
(L.) Gaertn.
Synonyms[1]
  • Chlorocrepis Griseb.
  • Calodonta Nutt.
  • Drepania Juss.
  • Aethonia D.Don
  • Schmidtia Moench 1802, rejected homonym not Tratt. 1816 nor Steud. ex J.A. Schmidt 1852
  • Chatelania Neck.

Tolpis is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3] It is native to Africa, Southern Europe, the Middle East and Macaronesia. Many species are limited to the Canary Islands.[4][5]

Species[1][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Adanson, Michel. 1763. Familles des Plantes 2: 112, 612. in French
  3. ^ Tropicos, Tolpis Adans.
  4. ^ Crawford, D. J. (2010). Mixed mating in the ‘obligately outcrossing’ Tolpis (Asteraceae) of the Canary Islands. Plant Species Biology 25:2 114-19.
  5. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Tolpis includes photos plus distribution maps
  6. ^ The Plant List search for Tolpis
  7. ^ Crawford, D. J., et al. (2006). Allozyme diversity within and divergence among species of Tolpis (Asteraceae-Lactuceae) in the Canary Islands: Systematic, evolutionary, and biogeographical implications. Am J Bot 93 656-64.
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