Rhanterium

Rhanterium
Rhanterium epapposum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Inuleae[1]
Genus: Rhanterium
Type species
Rhanterium suaveolens

Rhanterium is a genus of dwarf-shrubs in the plougman's-spikenard tribe within the daisy family growing in the deserts of the Middle East and northern Africa.[2][3][4]

Species[1][5][6]
  1. Rhanterium adpressum Coss. & Durieu - Morocco, Algeria
  2. Rhanterium epapposum Oliv. - Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan
  3. Rhanterium suaveolens Desf. - Algeria, Libya, Tunisia[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at Archive.is
  2. ↑ Dictionnaire des sciences naturels. Levrault, Schoell. 1827. pp. 312–314.
  3. ↑ Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1791. Flora Atlantica 2: 291-292 in Latin
  4. ↑ Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1791. Flora Atlantica 2: plate 240 full-page line drawing of Rhanterium suaveolens
  5. ↑ The Plant List search for Rhanterium
  6. ↑ Flora of Qatar, Rhanterium epapposum Oliv.
  7. ↑ "Rhanterium suaveolens". Sahara-nature (in French).


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