# Launaea

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Genus of flowering plants

Launaea Launaea arborescens Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Subfamily: Cichorioideae Tribe: Cichorieae Subtribe: Hyoseridinae Genus: Launaea Cass. Type species Launaea bellidifolia[1] Cass. Synonyms[2] Launaya Cass., alternate spelling Rhabdotheca Cass. Microrhynchus Less. Paramicrorhynchus Kirp. Lomatolepis Cass. Brachyramphus DC. Heterachaena Fresen. Zollikoferia DC. Ammoseris Endl. Hexinia H.L.Yang

***Launaea*** is a genus of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae).[3][1]

**Species[2][4]**

- *[Launaea acanthodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_acanthodes&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea acaulis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_acaulis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea almahrahensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_almahrahensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea amal-aminiae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_amal-aminiae&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea angolensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_angolensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea angustifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_angustifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea arborescens](/source/Launaea_arborescens)*

- *[Launaea aspleniifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_aspleniifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea benadirensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_benadirensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea bornmuelleri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_bornmuelleri&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea brunneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_brunneri&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea cabrae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_cabrae&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea capitata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_capitata&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea cassiniana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_cassiniana&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea castanosperma](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_castanosperma&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea cervicornis](/source/Launaea_cervicornis)*

- *[Launaea cornuta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_cornuta&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea crassifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_crassifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea crepoides](/source/Launaea_crepoides)*

- *[Launaea fragilis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_fragilis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea gorgadensis](/source/Launaea_gorgadensis)*

- *[Launaea hafunensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_hafunensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea intybacea](/source/Launaea_intybacea)*

- *[Launaea korovinii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_korovinii&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea lackii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_lackii&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea lampsanoides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_lampsanoides&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea lanifera](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_lanifera&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea massauensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_massauensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea massavensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_massavensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea microcephala](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_microcephala&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea mucronata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_mucronata&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea nana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_nana&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea nudicaulis](/source/Launaea_nudicaulis)*

- *[Launaea oligocephala](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_oligocephala&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea omanensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_omanensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea petitiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_petitiana&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea picridioides](/source/Launaea_picridioides)*

- *[Launaea platyphylla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_platyphylla&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea polyclada](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_polyclada&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea polydichotoma](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_polydichotoma&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea procumbens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_procumbens&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea pseudoabyssinica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_pseudoabyssinica&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea pumila](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_pumila&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea quercifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_quercifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea quettaënsis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_quetta%C3%ABnsis&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea rarifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_rarifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea rhynchocarpa](/source/Launaea_rhynchocarpa)*

- *[Launaea rogersii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_rogersii&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea rueppellii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_rueppellii&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea sarmentosa](/source/Launaea_sarmentosa)*

- *[Launaea secunda](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_secunda&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea socotrana](/source/Launaea_socotrana)*

- *[Launaea spinosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_spinosa&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea stenocephala](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_stenocephala&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea taraxacifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_taraxacifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea thalassica](/source/Launaea_thalassica)*

- *[Launaea verdickii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_verdickii&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea viminea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_viminea&action=edit&redlink=1)*

- *[Launaea violacea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Launaea_violacea&action=edit&redlink=1)*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-y_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-y_1-1) [Tropicos, *Launaea* Cass.](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002577)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-f_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-f_2-1) [Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist](http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=a6416fb1-59c0-4bab-8ae0-1c8057a47ff1) [Deprecated link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance) archived 2014-12-12 at [archive.today](/source/Archive.today)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de, in F. Cuvier. 1822. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles \[Second edition\] 25: 321–323](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25514014#page/331/mode/1up) in French

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [The Plant List search for Launaea](http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Launaea)

## External links

- Cichorieae Portal [\[1\]](http://wp6-cichorieae.e-taxonomy.eu/portal/?query=launaea&search%5Btree%5D=534e190f-3339-49ba-95d9-fa27d5493e3e&q=cdm_dataportal%2Fsearch%2Ftaxon&search%5BpageSize%5D=25&search%5BpageNumber%5D=0&search%5BdoTaxa%5D=1&search%5BdoSynonyms%5D=1&search%5BdoTaxaByCommonNames%5D=0)

- Media related to [Launaea](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Launaea) at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers Launaea Wikidata: Q3272962 Wikispecies: Launaea APDB: 191982 APNI: 87703 BioLib: 111302 CoL: 62X83 EoL: 51845 EPPO: 1LNEG FloraBase: 22249 FNA: 117736 FoAO2: Launaea FoC: 117736 GBIF: 3144659 GRIN: 6559 iNaturalist: 71215 IPNI: 9682-1 IRMNG: 1330055 ITIS: 37853 NCBI: 43198 Open Tree of Life: 735692 PLANTS: LAUNA POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:9682-1 Tropicos: 40002577 WFO: wfo-4000020742 WoRMS: 382452

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