Picris

Picris (oxtongues) is a genus in the sunflower family described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[6][4]

oxtongues
Picris hieracioides[1]
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Picris

Type species
Picris hieracioides
Synonyms[5]

Picris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, such as the grass moth Diasemia reticularis. Schinia cardui feeds exclusively on P. hieracioides.

The genus is widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.[7][8][9]

Species[10]
  • Picris albida
  • Picris altissima
  • Picris amalecitana
  • Picris angustifolia
  • Picris aspera
  • Picris asplenioides
  • Picris atlantica
  • Picris babylonica
  • Picris barbarorum
  • Picris bracteata
  • Picris burbidgeae
  • Picris campylocarpa
  • Picris comosa
  • Picris compacta
  • Picris conyzoides
  • Picris cupuligera
  • Picris cyanocarpa
  • Picris cyprica
  • Picris cyrenaica
  • Picris davurica
  • Picris divaricata
  • Picris drummondii
  • Picris eichleri
  • Picris flexuosa
  • Picris galilaea
  • Picris helminthioides
  • Picris hieracioides
  • Picris hispanica
  • Picris hispidissima
  • Picris humilis
  • Picris junnanensis
  • Picris kotschyi
  • Picris littoralis
  • Picris longirostris
  • Picris macloviana
  • Picris macrantha
  • Picris macrorhiza
  • Picris mauginiana
  • Picris morrisonensis
  • Picris nigricans
  • Picris nuristanica
  • Picris ohwiana
  • Picris olympica
  • Picris pauciflora
  • Picris pygmaea
  • Picris racemosa
  • Picris rhagadioloides
  • Picris rivularis
  • Picris sancta
  • Picris scaberrima
  • Picris senecioides
  • Picris sinuata
  • Picris spinosissima
  • Picris squarrosa
  • Picris strigosa
  • Picris sulphurea
  • Picris wagenitzii
  • Picris willkommii
  • Picris xylopoda

References

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