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Echinops
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Echinops is a genus of about 130 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 distributed from central Asia, Mongolia and north-eastern China to the Mediterranean basin, temperate regions of Eurasia, reaching to Indian subcontinent and tropical Africa. Globe thistles are a common host plant for weevils of the genus Larinus.
Species
Globe thistle
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyCompositae
The mammalian genus Echinops contains only a single species, Echinops telfairi, the lesser hedgehog tenrec. They are insectivores native to southern and south western Madagascar.Echinops telfairi is one of six species in subfamily Tenrecinae (family Tenrecidae) all of which superficially resemble the hedgehog.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 318
- With media
- 271
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- MICH, CM, RSA, NY, CAS, MU
- Recorded in
- India, United States, Algeria, Kenya, Canada, Iran, Tunisia, Tanzania
Research
291 papers- Echinops as a Source of Bioactive Compounds-A Systematic Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
- [ÉCHINOPS Project: Collaborating with Law Enforcement to Help the Escapees of the Healthcare System].Sante mentale au Quebec · 2024
- The Genus Echinops: Phytochemistry and Biological Activities: A Review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2019
- Ethnomedicinal review of Usnakantaka (Echinops echinatus Roxb.).Pharmacognosy reviews · 2015
- Echinops spinosus effect against diabetes and its hepatorenal complications: total extract and flavonoids fraction.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Vegetative characteristics
- Generative features
- Human uses
- Selected species
- Gallery
- References
Echinops is a genus of about 130 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 distributed from central Asia, Mongolia and north-eastern China to the Mediterranean basin, temperate regions of Eurasia, reaching to Indian subcontinent and tropical Africa. Globe thistles are a common host plant for weevils of the genus Larinus.
== Characteristics == thumb|Illustration of globe thistle Echinops sphaerocephalus Source:
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