''Adenostyles'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

, and of the tribe

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. It was described as a genus in 1816. ''Adenostyles'' occur in the temperate climates of the northern hemisphere, mainly in

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and

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. ''Adenostyles'' includes species that were considered to belong to the genus ''

Cacalia The genus ''Cacalia'' L. is a ''nomen rejiciendum'' (rejected name) under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. Appendix V. Nomina utique rejicienda. E. Spermatophyta The type species ''C. alpina'' L. has been tran ...

''. The term was used in 1883 for a genus of

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Species

, ''Plants of the World online'' has 6 accepted species:Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Adenostyles
includes photos and European distribution maps Selected hybrids include: * '' Adenostyles × canescens'' * '' Adenostyles × eginensis'' Selected synonyms include: * '' Adenostyles macrophylla'' — synonym of '' Caucasalia macrophylla'' * '' Adenostyles platyphylloides'' — synonym of '' Caucasalia pontica'' * '' Adenostyles rhombifolia'' — synonym of '' Caucasalia macrophylla'' * '' Adenostyles similiflorus'' — synonym of '' Caucasalia similiflora''

References

External links

* * Senecioneae Asteraceae genera {{Senecioneae-stub