Cephalaria
| Cephalaria | |
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| Cephalaria gigantea Tatarian cephalaria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsacoideae |
| Genus: | Cephalaria Schrad. ex Roem. & Schult. |
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Cephalaria is a genus of about 65 species of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to southern Europe, western and central Asia, and northern and southern Africa.
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.
Selected species:
- Cephalaria alpina (L.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria ambrosioides (Sibth. & Sm.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria anatolica Shkhiyan
- Cephalaria aristata C.Koch
- Cephalaria coriacea (Willd.) Roem. & Schult. ex Steud.
- Cephalaria duzceensis
- Cephalaria flava (Sibth. & Sm.) Szabó
- Cephalaria gigantea (Ledeb.) Bobrov – Tatarian Cephalaria
- Cephalaria joppica (Spreng.) Bég.
- Cephalaria laevigata (Waldst. & Kit.) Schrad.
- Cephalaria leucantha (L.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria linearifolia Lange
- Cephalaria litvinovii Bobrov
- Cephalaria pastricensis Dörfl. & Hayek
- Cephalaria radiata Griseb. & Schenk
- Cephalaria setulifera Boiss. & Heldr.
- Cephalaria squamiflora (Sieber) Greuter
- Cephalaria scabra (L.f.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria syriaca (L.) Roem. & Schult. – Syrian Cephalaria
- Cephalaria tchihatchewii Boiss.
- Cephalaria transylvanica (L.) Roem. & Schult.
- Cephalaria tuteliana
- Cephalaria uralensis (Murray) Roem. & Schult.
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