Volutaria

Volutaria is a genus of flowering plants in the (sunflower family).[2][3] They range from Iberia to the Near East and East Africa, but are most diverse in the Maghreb.[4][5]

Species[1]
  • Volutaria abyssinica (A.Rich.) C.Jeffrey
  • Volutaria albicaulis (Deflers) G.Wagenitz
  • Volutaria belouinii (Humbert) Maire
  • Volutaria bollei (Bolle) A.Hansen & G.Kunkel
  • Volutaria boranensis (Cufod.) G.Wagenitz
  • Volutaria canariensis G.Wagenitz
  • Volutaria crupinoides (Desf.) Maire
  • Volutaria dhofarica G.Wagenitz
  • Volutaria djiboutensis G.Wagenitz
  • Volutaria leucantha (Coss.) Maire
  • Volutaria lippii (L.) Maire
  • Volutaria maroccana (Barratte & Murb.) Maire
  • Volutaria muricata (L.) Maire (Morocco knapweed)
  • Volutaria ramosissima (Pitard) Sennen
  • Volutaria saharae (Chevall.) Quezel & Santa
  • Volutaria sinaica (DC.) G.Wagenitz
  • Volutaria socotrensis G.Wagenitz
  • Volutaria somalensis (Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey
  • Volutaria tubuliflora (Murb.) Sennen

Volutaria
Inflorescence of unidentified species in Morocco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Carduoideae
Tribe:
Cynareae
Subtribe:
Centaureinae
Genus:
Volutaria

Type species
Centaurea lippii
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyanopsis Cass.
  • Volutarella Cass., illegitimate superfluous name
  • Cyanastrum Cass.
  • Amberboi Adans.
  • Amberboia Kuntze

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1816. in French
  3. Tropicos, Volutaria Cass.
  4. The Plant List search for Volutaria
  5. Greuter, W. R. 2008. (1839-1842) Proposals to conserve the names Leysera against Asteropterus, Volutaria against Amberboi, Rhaponticum with a conserved type, and Rhaponticoides against Bielzia (Compositae). Taxon 57(3): 1001.


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