Catananche is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2] It is native to dry meadows in the Mediterranean region.[3]
They are cultivated for their cornflower-like blooms appearing in summer, in shades of blue, yellow and white. They are suitable for a sunny border, and for dried flower arrangements.[4]
- Species[5]
- Catananche arenaria Coss. & Durieu - Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania
- Catananche caerulea L. - Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
- Catananche caespitosa Desf. - Algeria, Morocco
- Catananche lutea L. - Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
- Catananche montana Coss. & Durieu - Algeria, Morocco
Phylogeny
According to recent genetic analyses, the genus Catananche is related to the genera Hymenonema, Scolymus and Gundelia. This results in the following relationship tree.[6]
References
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 812-813 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Catananche L.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Catananche
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-12 at archive.today
- ^ Liveri, Eleni; Tomasello, Salvatore; Oberprieler, Christoph; Kamari, Georgia (June 2016), "Cytological and phylogenetic study of the Greek endemic genus Hymenonema Cass. (Cichorieae, Compositae)", retrieved 2016-11-09
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation