Cardueae

The artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) is a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as food.

The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus ), also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is a naturally occurring species that also has many cultivated forms, including the globe artichoke. It is native to the Mediterranean region, where it was domesticated in ancient times and still occurs as a wild plant.

Cynara is a genus of thistle-like perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, northwestern Africa, and the Canary Islands. The genus name comes from the Greek kynara, which means "artichoke".

Serratula is a genus of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae native to Eurasia. Plumeless saw-wort is a common name for plants in this genus. Serratula as traditionally defined contains at least two groups: one of which is basal within the subtribe Centaureinae and one of which is derived; the former group can be moved to the genus Klasea.

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

The genus Cousinia of the tribe Cardueae is in its current circumscription one of the larger genera in the Asteraceae, with approximately 650-700 described species distributed in central and western Asia.

thumb|Rhaponticum coniferum - MHNT thumb|Rhaponticum repens Rhaponticum is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. , it is accepted by Plants of the World Online, but rejected by the Global Compositae Database in favour of Leuzea.

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

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Amberboa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, described as a genus in 1832.

Atractylodes is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Cheirolophus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae first described as a genus in 1827. It is native to the western Mediterranean Region from the Canary Islands and Madeira, through Morocco and Algeria, continental Portugal and Spain, southern France, the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sicily and Malta.

Ptilostemon is a genus of thistle in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It includes 15 species native to the Mediterranean Basin and the Caucasus.

Mantisalca is a genus of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, it contains six described species.

Klasea is a genus of Eurasian and North African flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

Galactites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The name is derived from the Greek γάλα (= "milk"). The best-known species is Galactites tomentosus.

Crupina is a small genus of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

Staehelina is a genus of Mediterranean flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

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Siebera is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae in the family Asteraceae, native to Western Asia.

Amphoricarpos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1847.

Volutaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They range from Iberia to the Near East and East Africa, but are most diverse in the Maghreb.

Cardopatium is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. They are native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region.

Carduncellus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. They are native to the western Mediterranean and surrounding regions.

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Olgaea is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, having a typical thistle appearance.

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

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Zoegea is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, which found in Middle East, from Egypt to Indian subcontinent and Central Asia.

Synurus is a genus of plants in the tribe Cardueae of the family Asteraceae. Species of the genus are found in Asia.

Alfredia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1816.

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

Psephellus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, native to eastern Europe and western Asia. A taxonomic revision reassigned many species from Centaurea to Psephellus.

Myopordon is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae which found in Middle-East.

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

Notobasis is a genus in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East, from Madeira, the Canary Islands, Morocco and Portugal east to Egypt, Iran and Azerbaijan.

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Thevenotia is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae which found in western and central Asia.

Anacantha is a group of thistles in the daisy family, first described as a genus in 1956 with the name Modestia. This was later to be regarded as an illegitimate homonym, and so in 1982 the name was changed to Anacantha.

Rhaponticoides is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, found in northern Africa, southern and eastern Europe, and western Asia as far east as Mongolia. They were resurrected from Centaurea.

Phalacrachena is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

Picnomon is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. The only known species is Picnomon acarna, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa from Portugal and the Canary Islands to Kazakhstan.

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Plectocephalus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, it contains seven described species mostly found in Americas and one in Africa.

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Stizolophus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.

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Schischkinia is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Tricholepis is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

The Cardueae are a tribe of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) and the subfamily Carduoideae. Most of them are commonly known as thistles; four of the best known genera are Carduus, Cynara (containing the widely eaten artichoke and cardoni), Cirsium, and Onopordum.

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Tugarinovia is a genus of East Asian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

Plagiobasis is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.