Klasea
| Klasea | |
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| Klasea flavescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Subtribe: | Centaureinae |
| Genus: | Cass.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Serratula centauroides L.[2]
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Klasea is a genus of Eurasian and North African flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.[3][4][5]
Species
According to the Global Compositae Database, there are 30 recognized species:[2]
- Klasea aznavouriana (Bornm.) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea baetica (Boiss. ex DC.) Holub
- Klasea bornmuelleri (Azn.) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea bulgarica (Acht. & Stoj.) Holub
- Klasea cardunculus (Pall.) Holub
- Klasea caucasica (Boiss.) Greuter
- Klasea centauroides (L.) Cass. ex Kitag.
- Klasea cerinthifolia (Sm.) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea coriacea (DC.) Holub
- Klasea cretica (Turrill) Holub
- Klasea erucifolia (L.) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea flavescens (L.) Holub
- Klasea grandifolia (P.H.Davis) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea hakkiarica (P.H.Davis) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea haussknechtii (Boiss.) Holub
- Klasea integrifolia (Vahl) Greuter
- Klasea kotschyi (Boiss.) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea kurdica (Post) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea lasiocephala (Bornm.) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea legionensis (Lacaita) Holub
- Klasea lycopifolia (Vill.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Klasea mouterdei (Arènes) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea nudicaulis (L.) Fourr.
- Klasea oligocephala (DC.) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea pinnatifida (Cav.) Talavera
- Klasea pinnatifida (Cav.) Cass.
- Klasea pusilla (Labill.) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea quinquefolia (Willd.) Greuter & Wagenitz
- Klasea radiata (Waldst. & Kit.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Klasea serratuloides (DC.) Greuter & Wagenitz
Plants of the World Online recognizes more species, 55 in total.[3]
References
- ^ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1825. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 35: 173 in French
- ^ a b Compositae Working Group (CWG) (2025). "Klasea Cass". Global Compositae Database. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "Klasea Cass". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ Tropicos, Klasea Cass.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 180 麻花头属 ma hua tou shu Klasea Cassini in F. Cuvier