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Phonus

Phonus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes four species native to the Mediterranean basin, Macaronesia, western and Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine, and southern European Russia.

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Phonus
Phonus arborescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Centaureinae
Genus: Phonus
Hill
Synonyms1

Heracantha Hoffmanns. & Link

Phonus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes four species native to the Mediterranean basin, Macaronesia, western and Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine, and southern European Russia.1

Species

Four species are accepted.1

  • Phonus arborescens (L.) G.López
  • Phonus lanatus (L.) Hill
  • Phonus mareoticus (Delile) G.López
  • Phonus rhiphaeus (Font Quer & Pau) G.López
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