Cephalaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 102 species native to southern Europe, western and central Asia, and northern and southern Africa.[1]
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| Cephalaria gigantea Tatarian cephalaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsacoideae |
| Genus: | Cephalaria Schrad. (1818), nom. cons. |
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102; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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They are annual or perennial herbaceous plants growing to 0.8–2 m tall.
Cephalaria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia imperialis, which feeds exclusively on C. procera.
Species
edit102 species are accepted.[1]
- Cephalaria adiyamanensis Yıld.
- Cephalaria alpina (L.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria ambrosioides (Sibth. & Sm.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria anamurensis Göktürk & Sümbül
- Cephalaria anatolica Shkhiyan
- Cephalaria aristata C.Koch
- Cephalaria armeniaca Bordz.
- Cephalaria armerioides Szabó
- Cephalaria armoraciifolia Bobrov
- Cephalaria attenuata (L.f.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria axillaris Hausskn. ex Bornm.
- Cephalaria aytachii Göktürk & Sümbül
- Cephalaria balansae Raus
- Cephalaria balkharica E.A.Busch
- Cephalaria beijiangensis Y.K.Yang, J.K.Wu & Sayit
- Cephalaria bojnordensis Ranjbar & Z.Ranjbar
- Cephalaria brevipalea (Sommier & Levier) Litv.
- Cephalaria calcarea Albov
- Cephalaria cedrorum Mouterde
- Cephalaria chaldoranensis Ranjbar & Z.Ranjbar
- Cephalaria cilicica Boiss. & Kotschy
- Cephalaria cilodaghensis Ranjbar & Z.Ranjbar
- Cephalaria coriacea (Willd.) Roem. & Schult. ex Steud.
- Cephalaria dagestanica Bobrov
- Cephalaria davisiana Göktürk & Sümbül
- Cephalaria decurrens (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria demetrii Bobrov
- Cephalaria demirizii Göktürk & Sümbül
- Cephalaria dichaetophora Boiss.
- Cephalaria dirmilensis Hub.-Mor.
- Cephalaria duzceensis Aksoy & Göktürk
- Cephalaria ekimiana Göktürk & Sümbül
- Cephalaria elazigensis Göktürk & Sümbül
- Cephalaria elmaliensis Hub.-Mor. & V.A.Matthews
- Cephalaria fanourii Perdetzoglou & Kit Tan
- Cephalaria flava (Sibth. & Sm.) Szabó
- Cephalaria foliosa Compton
- Cephalaria galpiniana Szabó
- Cephalaria gazipashensis Sümbül
- Cephalaria gigantea (Ledeb.) Bobrov – Tatarian Cephalaria
- Cephalaria goetzei Engl.
- Cephalaria golestanica Ranjbar & Z.Ranjbar
- Cephalaria hakkiarica V.A.Matthews
- Cephalaria hirsuta Stapf
- Cephalaria humilis (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria integerrima (Bornm.) Ranjbar & Z.Ranjbar
- Cephalaria integrifolia Napper
- Cephalaria isaurica V.A.Matthews
- Cephalaria joppensis (Rchb.) Coult. ex DC.
- Cephalaria juncea Boiss.
- Cephalaria katangensis Napper
- Cephalaria kesruanica Mouterde
- Cephalaria kleinii Ranjbar & Z.Ranjbar
- Cephalaria kotschyi Boiss. & Hohen.
- Cephalaria kurdistanica Maroofi, Tabad & Rastegar
- Cephalaria kutahyaensis Yıld.
- Cephalaria laevigata (Waldst. & Kit.) Schrad.
- Cephalaria leucantha (L.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria litvinovii Bobrov
- Cephalaria lycica V.A.Matthews
- Cephalaria mauritanica Pomel
- Cephalaria media Litv.
- Cephalaria microcephala Boiss.
- Cephalaria microdonta Bobrov
- Cephalaria nachiczevanica Bobrov
- Cephalaria natalensis Kuntze
- Cephalaria oblongifolia (Kuntze) Szabó
- Cephalaria paphlagonica Bobrov
- Cephalaria pastricensis Dörfl. & Hayek
- Cephalaria peshmenii Sümbül
- Cephalaria petiolata Compton
- Cephalaria procera Fisch. & Avé-Lall.
- Cephalaria pungens Szabó
- Cephalaria qeydarensis Ranjbar & Z.Ranjbar
- Cephalaria radiata Griseb. & Schenk
- Cephalaria retrosetosa Engl. & Gilg
- Cephalaria rigida (L.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria saldaensis Göktürk, Hamzaoğlu & Yüceol
- Cephalaria salicifolia Post
- Cephalaria scabra (L.f.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria scoparia Contandr. & Quézel
- Cephalaria setosa Boiss. & Hohen.
- Cephalaria sparsipilosa V.A.Matthews
- Cephalaria speciosa Boiss. & Kotschy
- Cephalaria squamiflora (Sieber) Greuter
- Cephalaria stapfii Hausskn. ex Bornm.
- Cephalaria stellipilis Boiss.
- Cephalaria sublanata (Bornm.) Szabó
- Cephalaria sumbuliana Göktürk
- Cephalaria syriaca (L.) Roem. & Schult. – Syrian Cephalaria
- Cephalaria szaboi Hayek
- Cephalaria taurica Szabó
- Cephalaria tchihatchewii Boiss.
- Cephalaria tenella Payne ex Boiss.
- Cephalaria torbatejamensis Ranjbar & Z.Ranjbar
- Cephalaria transcaucasica (Bobrov) Galushko
- Cephalaria transsylvanica (L.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria tuteliana Kuș & Göktürk
- Cephalaria uralensis (Murray) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria velutina Bobrov
- Cephalaria wilmsiana Szabó
- Cephalaria zeyheriana Szabó
Cultivation and uses
editSome species are grown as ornamental plants in gardens. The most popular species is C. gigantea, a perennial species from the Caucasus growing to 2 m tall, valued for its strong erect growth with dark green foliage and yellow flowers.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Cephalaria Schrad". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
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