''Echinops'' is a

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of about 120

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Asteraceae, commonly known as globe

thistle Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the planton the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. ...

s. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are

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to Europe, east to central Asia, and south to the mountains of tropical Africa. Globe thistle is the host plant of weevil '' Larinus vulpes''.''Skuhrovec, J., Volovnik, S. & Gosik, R. '' Description of the immature stages of ''Larinus vulpes'' (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae) and notes on its biology. Zookeys, 2017, № 679, pp. 107—137 — https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12560/

Species

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Echinops adenocaulos ''Echinops adenocaulos'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () o ...

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Echinops chantavicus ''Echinops chantavicus'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Echinops ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce ...

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Echinops echinatus ''Echinops echinatus'', the Indian globe thistle, commonly known as ''Usnakantaka'', is a species of globe thistle, found in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Indian globe thistle is an erect branched herb about 100 cm high. It has short, stout ste ...

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Echinops exaltatus ''Echinops exaltatus'', the Russian globe thistle or tall globethistle, is European species of globe thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is native to central and eastern Europe from Germany and Italy east into Russia. The species has escaped ...

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Echinops giganteus ''Echinops giganteus'' is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae and is native to Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania. References

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Echinops gmelinii ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe, east to central As ...

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Echinops graecus ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe, east to central As ...

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Echinops humilis ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe, east to central As ...

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Echinops latifolius ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe, east to central As ...

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Echinops longisetus ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe, east to central As ...

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Echinops nivens ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe, east to central As ...

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Echinops niveus ''Echinops niveus'' is a species in the genus ''Echinops'' or globe thistles. It is native to the Indian subcontinent: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal. Nivetin is a neoflavonoid Neoflavonoids are a class of polyphenol ...

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Echinops orientalis ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe, east to central As ...

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Echinops ritro ''Echinops ritro'', the southern globethistle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southern and eastern Europe (from Spain east to Turkey, Ukraine, and Belarus), and western Asia. The species is sparingly naturali ...

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Echinops sahyadricus ''Echinops sahyadricus'', the Sahyadri globe thistle, is a species of flowering plant. It is a medium sized forb belong to the tribe Cardueae in the family Asteraceae. ''E. sahyadricus'' was discovered by a Mumbai University student at the Rajgad ...

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Echinops setifer ''Echinops setifer'' is a perennial globe thistle species of flowering plant in the genus ''Echinops'', native to central and southern Japan, Korea and eastern China. References setifer The greater hedgehog tenrec (''Setifer setosus''), ...

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Echinops sphaerocephalus ''Echinops sphaerocephalus'', known by the common names glandular globe-thistle, great globe-thistle or pale globe-thistle, is a Eurasian species of globe-thistle belonging to the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. Description ''Ech ...

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Echinops spinosissimus ''Echinops spinosissimus'' is a European species of plant in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to southeastern Europe (Sicily, Apulia, Greece, Albania, and the western Balkans), northern Africa, and southwest Asia as f ...

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Echinops tournefortii ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe, east to central As ...

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Echinops tschimganicus ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe, east to central As ...

Gallery

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References

Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Cynareae-stub