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Nikitinia

Nikitinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

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Nikitinia
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: Nikitinia
Iljin
Species:
N. leptoclada
Binomial name
Nikitinia leptoclada
(Bornm. & Sint.) Iljin
Synonyms1
  • Klasea sect. Nikitinia (Iljin) L.Martins
  • Jurinea leptoclada Bornm. & Sint.

Nikitinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.234

There is only one known species, Nikitinia leptoclada, native to Iran and Turkmenistan.1

References

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Iljin, Modest Mikhaĭlovich. 1960. Botanicheskie Materialy Gerbariya Botanicheskogo Instituta Imeni V. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk S S S R. Leningrad
  3. Bornmüller, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus & Sintenis, Paul Ernst Emil. 1911. Russkii Botanicheskii Zhurnal 1911: 5
  4. Tropicos, Nikitinia Iljin