Мордовник

Globe thistle

Genus

1. PhylumTracheophyta
2. ClassMagnoliopsida
3. OrderAsterales
4. FamilyCompositae

Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi

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

• 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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Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Cynareae

Image

Echinops ritro 0010.JPG

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