Dipsacaceae
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The Dipsacaceae, or teasel family, of the order Dipsacales
contains 350 species of perennial or biennial herb
s and shrub
s in eleven genera. Native to most temperate climates, they are found in Europe
, Asia
and Africa
. Some species of this family have been naturalized in other places.
The family has contained the following genera.
Dipsacales
The Dipsacales are an order of flowering plants, included within the asterid group of dicotyledons.Under the Cronquist system, the order included Adoxaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacaceae, and Valerianaceae. Under the more recent Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system, the circumscription of the order is...
contains 350 species of perennial or biennial herb
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...
s and shrub
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...
s in eleven genera. Native to most temperate climates, they are found in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. Some species of this family have been naturalized in other places.
The family has contained the following genera.
- AcanthocalyxAcanthocalyxAcanthocalyx is a genus of about three species of vegetation in the family Dipsacaceae, sometimes included in Morinaceae, native to Sino-HimalayanRegion.Species*Acanthocalyx alba M.J.Cannon...
- DipsacusDipsacusDipsacus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Dipsacaceae. The members of this genus are known as teasel or teazel or teazle. The genus includes about 15 species of tall herbaceous biennial plants growing to tall...
(teasel) - KnautiaKnautiaKnautia is a genus in the family Dipsacaceae. The common names of these flowers are a variant of "widow flower." Others are given the name "Scabious," although this word belongs to a related genus .Species include:...
- ScabiosaScabiosaScabiosa is a genus in the teasel Family Dipsacaceae of flowering plants. Many of the species in this genus have common names that include the word scabious; however some plants commonly known as scabious are currently classified in related genera such as Knautia and Succisa; at least some of...
- SuccisaSuccisaSuccisa is a genus of flowering plants in the Dipsacaceae family.Species include the Devil's bit scabious, Succisa pratensis....
(devil's bit) - SuccisellaSuccisellaSuccisella is a genus of flowering plant in the family Dipsacaceae.Species include:* S. inflexa - Southern succisella...
- MorinaMorina----Morina is a genus of the angiosperm family Morinaceae. It is the provincial flower of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Morina is named in honor of Louis-Pierre Morin , a french physician and botanist....
-- also placed in its own family, MorinaceaeMorinaceaeMorinaceae is a family of plants in the order Dipsacales. The Genus Morina has also been included in family Dipsacaceae. Currently three genera are listed in this family:* Acanthocalyx* Cryptothladia* Morina-References:...
. - CephalariaCephalariaCephalaria is a genus of about 65 species of flowering plants in the family Dipsacaceae, 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....
- PterocephalusPterocephalusPterocephalus is a genus in the Dipsacaceae family of herbs and shrubs, comprising 25 species ranging from the Mediterranean, to central Asia, the Himalayas, western China, and tropical Africa.-Species:*P. arabicus*P. bretschneideri...
- Callistemma
- Pycnocomon
- Triplostegia