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Mantisalca
A dagger flower, Mantisalca salmantica, in Albatera Alicante, Spain.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Centaureinae
Genus: Mantisalca
Cass. [1] [2]
Type species
Mantisalca salmantica
( L.Briq. &  Cavill.
Synonyms [1]
  • Centaurea subgenus Mantisalca Cass.

Mantisalca is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. [3] [4]

Description

Annual or biennial herbs growing between 50 cm to 1.3 metres in size. [5] [6] Herbage is not spiny. [6]

Morphology

The stems are erect, strongly branched, longitudinal parallel lines ( striate) with wings on stem absent. [5]

Leaves grow around the base ( basal) and along the stem ( cauline). [6] Leaves are without spines. Basal leaves dissected to the midrib with the leave segments merging (confluent) at the midrib ( pinnatisect). [5] Stem leaves sparse, much reduced, very narrow in length with parallel sides ( linear) and toothed, with the teeth pointing towards the leaf tip ( serrate). [5]

Flower heads are solitary with ray-florets absent and receptacle scales present. [7] Involcural bracts are ovoid to spheric in shape, 10 to 15 mm in diameter. [6] The bracts are in several series, up to eight in number, ending in a short deciduous spines or with a short sharp point ( mucronate). [7] [6] [5]

Distribution and habitat

Mantisalca occurs primarily in northern Africa, southern Europe and Turkey. One species, Mantisalca salmantica, is naturalised in Australia. [5]

Taxonomy

Etymology

Mantisalca is the anagram of the type species epithet salmantica. [6]

Species

Species [8] [9] [10]

Selected hybrids include:

References

  1. ^ a b Cassini 1818, p.  142.
  2. ^ "Plant Name Details for Genus Mantisalca". IPNI. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  3. ^ Tropicos, Mantisalca Cass.
  4. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Mantisalca includes photos and distribution maps
  5. ^ a b c d e f Orchard 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Keil 2006.
  7. ^ a b Stanley & Ross 1986, p. 587.
  8. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-18 at archive.today
  9. ^ "Query Results for Genus Genus". IPNI. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  10. ^ "Name - Mantisalca Cass. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 17, 2010.

Bibliography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mantisalca
A dagger flower, Mantisalca salmantica, in Albatera Alicante, Spain.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Centaureinae
Genus: Mantisalca
Cass. [1] [2]
Type species
Mantisalca salmantica
( L.Briq. &  Cavill.
Synonyms [1]
  • Centaurea subgenus Mantisalca Cass.

Mantisalca is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. [3] [4]

Description

Annual or biennial herbs growing between 50 cm to 1.3 metres in size. [5] [6] Herbage is not spiny. [6]

Morphology

The stems are erect, strongly branched, longitudinal parallel lines ( striate) with wings on stem absent. [5]

Leaves grow around the base ( basal) and along the stem ( cauline). [6] Leaves are without spines. Basal leaves dissected to the midrib with the leave segments merging (confluent) at the midrib ( pinnatisect). [5] Stem leaves sparse, much reduced, very narrow in length with parallel sides ( linear) and toothed, with the teeth pointing towards the leaf tip ( serrate). [5]

Flower heads are solitary with ray-florets absent and receptacle scales present. [7] Involcural bracts are ovoid to spheric in shape, 10 to 15 mm in diameter. [6] The bracts are in several series, up to eight in number, ending in a short deciduous spines or with a short sharp point ( mucronate). [7] [6] [5]

Distribution and habitat

Mantisalca occurs primarily in northern Africa, southern Europe and Turkey. One species, Mantisalca salmantica, is naturalised in Australia. [5]

Taxonomy

Etymology

Mantisalca is the anagram of the type species epithet salmantica. [6]

Species

Species [8] [9] [10]

Selected hybrids include:

References

  1. ^ a b Cassini 1818, p.  142.
  2. ^ "Plant Name Details for Genus Mantisalca". IPNI. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  3. ^ Tropicos, Mantisalca Cass.
  4. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Mantisalca includes photos and distribution maps
  5. ^ a b c d e f Orchard 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Keil 2006.
  7. ^ a b Stanley & Ross 1986, p. 587.
  8. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-18 at archive.today
  9. ^ "Query Results for Genus Genus". IPNI. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  10. ^ "Name - Mantisalca Cass. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 17, 2010.

Bibliography


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